Is smoking cessation followed by increases in serum bilirubin , an endogenous antioxidant associated with lower risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease?
Smoking cessation is followed by increases in bilirubin concentration that have been associated with lower risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Our results suggest that DHBE cells have partially undergone EMT under baseline conditions. DHLF-CM promoted EMT in NHBE, suggesting that interactions between fibroblast and epithelial cells may play an important role in the EMT process in COPD.