Cigarette smoke is a risk factor for severity destructive processes in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Conclusions: TS can be one of the main trigger in the dis-balance in a system of MMP/inhibitors towards increase in proteolytic activity.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Esmedlyaeva, D., Kiryukhina, L., Nefedova, N., Gavrilov, P., Dyakova, M., Yablonskii, P. Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: research