Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4202864 | Archivos de Bronconeumología | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Continuous, long-term exposure to cigarette smoke is considered the main risk factor for this disease, justifying the fact that the cigarette smoke exposure model is the most widely used. Some variations on this basic model, related to exposure time, the association of other inducers or inhibitors, exacerbations or the use of transgenic animals to facilitate the identification of pathogenic pathways have been developed. Some variations or heterogeneity of this disease, then, can be reproduced and models can be designed for resolving researchers' questions on disease identification or treatment responses.
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Authors
Sandra Pérez-Rial, Álvaro Girón-MartÃnez, Germán Peces-Barba,