Reply to Eapen et al.: Dysfunctional Immunity and Microbial Adhesion Molecules in Smoking-induced Pneumonia

Jennifer L Larson-Casey¹, A Brent Carter^{1

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Jennifer L Larson-Casey et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019.

. 2019 Jan 15;199(2):251-252.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201809-1727LE.

Jennifer L Larson-Casey¹, A Brent Carter^{1

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Macrophage Rac2 Is Required to Reduce the Severity of Cigarette Smoke-induced Pneumonia.
Larson-Casey JL, Gu L, Jackson PL, Briles DE, Hale JY, Blalock JE, Wells JM, Deshane JS, Wang Y, Davis D, Antony VB, Massicano AVF, Lapi SE, Carter AB. Larson-Casey JL, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Nov 15;198(10):1288-1301. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201712-2388OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018. PMID: 29897791 Free PMC article.
Dysfunctional Immunity and Microbial Adhesion Molecules in Smoking-induced Pneumonia.
Eapen MS, Sharma P, Moodley YP, Hansbro PM, Sohal SS. Eapen MS, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Jan 15;199(2):250-251. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201808-1553LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019. PMID: 30290125 No abstract available.

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