Distinctive Regulatory T Cells and Altered Cytokine Profile Locally in the Airways of Young Smokers with Normal Lung Function

Mahyar Ostadkarampour; Malin Müller; Johan Öckinger; Susanna Kullberg; Anders Lindén; Anders Eklund; Johan Grunewald; Jan Wahlström

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164751

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Distinctive Regulatory T Cells and Altered Cytokine Profile Locally in the Airways of Young Smokers with Normal Lung Function

Mahyar Ostadkarampour ,

* E-mail: mahyar.ostad@gmail.com

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Malin Müller,

Affiliations Rheumatology Research Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Johan Öckinger,

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Susanna Kullberg,

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Anders Lindén,

Affiliations Unit for Lung and Airway Research, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Anders Eklund,

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Johan Grunewald,

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Jan Wahlström

Affiliations Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Distinctive Regulatory T Cells and Altered Cytokine Profile Locally in the Airways of Young Smokers with Normal Lung Function

Mahyar Ostadkarampour,
Malin Müller,
Johan Öckinger,
Susanna Kullberg,
Anders Lindén,
Anders Eklund,
Johan Grunewald,
Jan Wahlström

Published: October 31, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164751

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