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Table 1 Characteristics of patients and volunteers from which primary human cells were obtained.

From: Ultrafine carbon particles down-regulate CYP1B1 expression in human monocytes

 

number

sex

age

disease and stage

normal healthy

23

12× m, 11× f

42.8 ± 15.4

n.a.

healthy smokers

6

4× m, 2× f

54.5 ± 10.6

n.a.

COPD patients

12

10× m, 2× f

63.9 ± 10.5

4× II, 3× III, 5× IV (Gold)

others (brush biopsies)

7

5× m, 1× f, 1× anonymized*

65.8 ± 11.7*

adenocarcinoma, MALT-lymphoma, UIP, sarcoidosis (Gold II), COPD (Gold III)*

  1. (*: samples from one patient who underwent brush biopsy was anonymized; f: female; m: male; MALT: mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; n.a.: not applicable; UIP: usual interstitial pneumonia).