Table 5.
– Increased lower airway interleukin-6 levels |
– Additional worsening of FEV-1 values in COPD patients with bacterial infections |
– Increased expression of Toll-like receptor 3 in human bronchial epithelial cells |
– Induction of interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 (CXCL10/IP-10) after prior induction of type 1 interferons mediated by nuclear factor-κB |