The memory of airway epithelium damage in smokers and COPD patients
F. M. Carlier, B. Detry, M. Lecocq, A. M. Collin, T. Plante-Bordeneuve, S. E. Verleden, M. Delos, B. Rondelet, W. Janssens, J. Ambroise, B. M. Vanaudenaerde, S. T. Gohy, C. Pilette
This study shows that airway epithelium from smokers and COPD patients retains memory of damage, with persistent structural and functional abnormalities in vitro.
bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2021Pathology