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  2. Smoker's macrophages - Wikipedia

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    Cigarettes are known to cause many lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and lung cancer. Smoker's macrophages are alveolar macrophages whose characteristics, including appearance, cellularity, phenotypes, immune response, and other functions, have been affected upon the exposure to cigarettes. [1]

  3. Smoking’s effects on the immune system can last years ... - AOL

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    Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person’s immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they’ve quit, a new study found.

  4. Lymphocytic esophagitis - Wikipedia

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    [1] [4] Lymphocytic esophagitis does not occur with high frequency in other gastrointestinal conditions where lymphocytosis is found in the mucosa, including lymphocytic colitis and lymphocytic gastritis; however, there is a disease association with coeliac disease wherein lymphocytic inflammation occurs in the small bowel after exposure to ...

  5. Persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis - Wikipedia

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    Persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (PPBL) is an anomaly of the human immune system characterized by mildly elevated levels of white blood cells (called leukocytosis), chronic, stable absolute polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis, elevated polyclonal IgM and binucleated cells. Although cases of non-smoking women or men have been reported ...

  6. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 December 2024. Circumstances, mechanisms, and factors of tobacco consumption on human health "Health effects of smoking" and "Dangers of smoking" redirect here. For cannabis, see Effects of cannabis. For smoking crack cocaine, see Crack cocaine § Health issues. "Smoking and health" redirects here ...

  7. Smoking could cause almost 300,000 cancer cases by 2029 ...

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    Smoking could cause almost 300,000 cancer cases by 2029, charity says. Storm Newton. Updated November 24, 2024 at 7:01 PM. 1 / 2. Smoking could cause almost 300,000 cancer cases by 2029, charity says.

  8. Innate lymphoid cell - Wikipedia

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    Various triggers, including cigarette smoke, cause secretion of IL-12 and IL-18, causing the differentiation ILC2s into ILC1s. GATA3 is down-regulated, and T-bet expression is up-regulated. [ 83 ] Patients therefore have a higher blood ILC1:ILC2 ratio, with the abundance of ILC1s present correlating with the severity of the disease.

  9. Lymphocytosis - Wikipedia

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    Lymphocytosis is usually detected when a complete blood count is obtained. If not provided the lymphocyte count can be calculated by multiplying the total white blood cell (WBC) count by the percentage of lymphocytes found in the differential count. [13] The lymphocyte count can also be directly measured by flow cytometry. [citation needed]