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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Swiss Med Wkly. 2012 Jul 31;142:w13653. doi: 10.4414/smw.2012.13653

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Interplay of airway epithelial cells and immune cells. Epithelial cells exposed to pathogens, allergens and air pollutants release soluble factors such as chemokines and cytokines addressing immune cells. Epithelial cells and immune cells also communicate via activating and inhibitory ligand-receptors interactions.