Tobacco-smoking induced GPR15-expressing T cells in blood do not indicate pulmonary damage.
Mario BauerBeate FinkHans-Jürgen SeyfarthHubert WirtzArmin FrillePublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2017)
The degree of GPR15-expressing cells among T cells as well as the methylation at cg05575921 in granulocytes in blood are both rather signs of tobacco-smoking induced systemic inflammation because they don't indicate specifically non-cancerous pathological changes in the lungs.