Immunologic Aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- 4 June 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 360 (23), 2445-2454
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra0804752
Abstract
This review is an account of how pulmonary damage caused by cigarette smoke and other environmental toxins can incite inflammatory and immunologic reactions that culminate in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The authors present evidence that autoimmunity has a role in the development of COPD.Keywords
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