Encouraged by the study results, the team suggests that it may now be technologically possible to screen for cancer by checking expression levels of
bronchial airway cell genes.
Not exact matches
To create the effect of tobacco smoke on
cells, Vaz, Baylin and their colleagues began their studies with human
bronchial cells, which line the
airways of the lungs, and grew them in a laboratory.
The World Health Organization defines
bronchial asthma as a chronic
airway inflammation that is caused by various inflammatory
cells, including eosinophils (EOS), mast
cells and T lymphocytes (1 — 3).
The variety of
cell types present in BALF may reflect the degree of inflammation in the peripheral
airways, which is also the main factor causing
bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthma (25).