Regional heterogeneity in response of airway epithelial cells to cigarette smoke.
Hario BaskoroTadashi SatoKeiko KarasutaniYohei SuzukiAki MitsuiNaoko AranoFariz NurwidyaMotoyasu KatoFumiyuki TakahashiYuzo KodamaKuniaki SeyamaKazuhisa TakahashiPublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2018)
The small airway is more susceptible to CSE than the large airway and could be the initial site of development of CS-related respiratory diseases, such as COPD.