Effect of Cigarette Smoke Extract on Dendritic Cells and Their Impact on T-Cell Proliferation

Esmaeil Mortaz; Aletta D. Kraneveld; Joost J. Smit; Mirjam Kool; Bart N. Lambrecht; Steven L. Kunkel; Nicholas W. Lukacs; Frans P. Nijkamp; Gert Folkerts

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004946

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Effect of Cigarette Smoke Extract on Dendritic Cells and Their Impact on T-Cell Proliferation

Esmaeil Mortaz ,

* E-mail: e.mortaz@uu.nl

Affiliations Division of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran, Department of Basic Science, Section of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
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Aletta D. Kraneveld,

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Joost J. Smit,

Affiliation Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Mirjam Kool,

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunity, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Bart N. Lambrecht,

Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunity, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Steven L. Kunkel,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Nicholas W. Lukacs,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Frans P. Nijkamp,

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Gert Folkerts

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Effect of Cigarette Smoke Extract on Dendritic Cells and Their Impact on T-Cell Proliferation

Esmaeil Mortaz,
Aletta D. Kraneveld,
Joost J. Smit,
Mirjam Kool,
Bart N. Lambrecht,
Steven L. Kunkel,
Nicholas W. Lukacs,
Frans P. Nijkamp,
Gert Folkerts

Published: March 18, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004946

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