TSRC, Tob. Sci. Res. Conf., 2013, 67, abstr. 19
Tobacco product preparations differentially regulate human PBMC functions, including T cell and NK function.
(1) Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; (2) Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Natural Killer (NK) cells and T cells play essential roles in innate and adaptive immune responses in protecting against microbial infections and in tumor surveillance. Although evidence suggests that smoking causes immunosuppression, there is...