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In addition to defining the predominant immune phenotype of emphysematous lung, these additional findings implicate the principal cell (macrophage), MMP (MMP12), and effector cytokines (IFN-γ, IP-10, and MIG) as likely underlying smoking-induced lung destruction.
In these already overpopulated islands, where Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion, the government provides an initial lump sum for each birth and a monthly support grant, allocation familiale, for each child.
Growth with twisting is the predominant cause of motions that take place during macrofiber morphogenesis and the production of the two-dimensional patterns of larger structures described in this paper.
The predominant response has pervasive similarities to the transcriptional program mediated by the NFκB system.
PGE 2 also plays a critical role in regulating systemic blood pressure [ 37 38 ] . Although the receptor mediating the predominant vasodilator effect of PGE 2 remains only partially defined, recent gene targeting studies suggest that the EP 2 receptor may be an important vasodilator in vivo [ 7 8 ] . The rabbit ear artery has been used as a classic pharmacological model of an EP 2 responsive tissue, while the rabbit jugular vein has been proposed to be an EP 4 bearing target tissue [ 3 4 39 ] , however in the present studies EP 2 receptor mRNA was detected in both vessels.