Does reduced alpha(1)-antitrypsin activity explain the link between cigarette smoking and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
Chan
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Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA. chane@njc.org
Ralston
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Shapiro
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D000818:Animals; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012907:Smoking / Q000378:metabolism*; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*
D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II