Why does airway inflammation persist after the smoking stops?

Thorax. 2006 Feb;61(2):96-7. doi: 10.1136/thx.2005.049502.

Abstract

Important new observations on the behaviour of T lymphocytes and plasma cells following prolonged smoking cessation in patients with COPD

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Bronchitis / etiology*
  • Bronchitis / pathology
  • Forced Expiratory Volume / physiology
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / pathology
  • Smoking / pathology*
  • Smoking Cessation*
  • T-Lymphocytes / pathology