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The researchers now intend to investigate the antigens that drive the Th1-based inflammation that underlies emphysema.
Intratracheal instillation of elastase in rats creates a form of panacinar emphysema that in some ways more closely parallels the human disease than that created by instillation of elastase in hamsters.
Interestingly, we could not detect appreciable amounts of I-TAC, another known ligand for CXCR3, in lung lymphocytes of control participants or those with emphysema (data not shown).
When calculated on the basis of area occupied by each fiber type, the difference between emphysema and control did not reach significance even for the IIb antibody ( P = 0.06).
Chronic inhalation of tobacco smoke causes progressive lung destruction in susceptible individuals, resulting in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema, two well-described clinical syndromes with poorly understood pathogenesis [1,2,3].