Multiple inflammasomes may regulate the interleukin-1-driven inflammation in protracted bacterial bronchitis
Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) in young children is characterised by prolonged wet cough, prominent airway interleukin (IL)-1β expression and infection, often with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi). The mechanisms responsible for IL-1-driven inflammation in PBB are poorly understood....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2018-03-01
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Series: | ERJ Open Research |
Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/1/00130-2017.full |