CORESTA Congress, Quebec, 2014, Smoke Science/Product Technology Groups, ST 38
Role of oxidative stress in the suppression of immune responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells exposed to combustible tobacco product preparations
(1) Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A.; (2) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R&D Department, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A.
Chronic cigarette smoking is known to adversely impact innate and adaptive immune responses, resulting in immunosuppression, which has been linked to increased susceptibility of smokers to microbial infections and higher incidences of cancer relative...