Neutrophils enhance expression of induci
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Meng, Qing-Hai; Polak, Julia M.; Edgar, Alasdair J.; Chacon, Matilde R.; Evans,
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The bronchial epithelium in cystic ®brosis (CF) expresses very low levels of the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). The product of iNOS, nitric oxide (NO), mediates anti-microbial effects and can reduce neutrophil sequestration in the lung. Heavy neutrophilic in®ltration of the pulmonar