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Acute effects of cigarette smoking on inflammation in healthy intermittent smokers

Hester van der Vaart1 email, Dirkje S Postma1 email, Wim Timens2 email, Machteld N Hylkema2 email, Brigitte WM Willemse2 email, H Marike Boezen4 email, Judith M Vonk4 email, Dorothea M de Reus3 email, Henk F Kauffman3 email and Nick HT ten Hacken1 email

Department of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Department of Allergology University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

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Respiratory Research 2005, 6:22doi:10.1186/1465-9921-6-22

Published: 1 March 2005

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Table 1. Number of blood cells (109/L) after smoking and no smoking. Table 2. Release of IL-1β, IL-10, IL-8 and TNF-α from blood cells after smoking and no smoking. Table 3. Inflammatory mediators in sputum after smoking and no smoking.

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