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The cytoprotective interactions of antibiotics with human ciliated airway epithelium

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Antibiotics as Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Agents

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  1. Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Charles Feldman

  2. MRC Unit for Inflammation and Immunity Department of Immunology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, and Tshwane Academic Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa

    Ronald Anderson

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    Bruce K. Rubin

  2. First Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-Cho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan

    Jun Tamaoki

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Feldman, C., Anderson, R. (2005). The cytoprotective interactions of antibiotics with human ciliated airway epithelium. In: Rubin, B.K., Tamaoki, J. (eds) Antibiotics as Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Agents. Progress in Inflammation Research. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7310-5_3

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