Effect of cigarette smoke on counts of immunoreactive cells to eotaxin-1 and eosinophils on the nasal mucosa in young patients with perennial allergic rhinitis

Abstract Introduction: In teenagers with perennial allergic rhinitis, exposure to tobacco cigarette smoke increases the count of eosinophils in the nasal mucosa; the recruitment of eosinophils arises from the combined action of a number of cellular and molecular signals, including eotaxin. Objecti...

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Main Authors: Bertha Beatriz Montaño-Velázquez, Eulalia Beatriz Flores-Rojas, Francisco Javier García-Vázquez, Silvio Jurado-Hernandez, Marco Antonio Venancio Hernández, Angélica Kathya Alanis Flores, Kathrine Jáuregui-Renaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942017000400420&lng=en&tlng=en