Why do we need a nonhuman primate model of smoking-induced COPD?

Jeffrey L Curtis; Christine M Freeman

doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.12.002

Why do we need a nonhuman primate model of smoking-induced COPD?

Am J Pathol. 2015 Mar;185(3):610-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.12.002. Epub 2015 Jan 7.

Authors

Jeffrey L Curtis¹, Christine M Freeman²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Electronic address: jlcurtis@umich.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Medicine and Research Services, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Abstract

This Commentary highlights the article by Polverino et al, describing the development of a novel nonhuman primate model of cigarette smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Lung / physiopathology*
Pneumonia / pathology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / pathology*
Pulmonary Emphysema / pathology*
Smoking / adverse effects*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding