| Title |
Impact of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Innate Immunity: A Caenorhabditis elegans Model
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0006860 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rebecca M. Green, Fabienne Gally, Jonathon G. Keeney, Scott Alper, Bifeng Gao, Min Han, Richard J. Martin, Andrew R. Weinberger, Stephanie R. Case, Maisha N. Minor, Hong Wei Chu |
| Abstract |
Cigarette smoking is the major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. Respiratory bacterial infections have been shown to be involved in the development of COPD along with impaired airway innate immunity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 76 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 22 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 11% |
| Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 32% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 11% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 8 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 14% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |