Role of the Inflammasome-Caspase1/11-IL-1/18 Axis in Cigarette Smoke Driven Airway Inflammation: An Insight into the Pathogenesis of COPD

• Suffwan Eltom,

  Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Maria G. Belvisi,

  Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Christopher S. Stevenson,

  Current address: Respivert, London, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., pRED, Pharma Research & Early Development, DTA Inflammation, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Sarah A. Maher,

  Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Eric Dubuis,

  Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Kate A. Fitzgerald,

  Affiliation University of Massachusetts, Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Mark A. Birrell

  * E-mail: m.birrell@imperial.ac.uk

  Affiliation Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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