| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - There is also considerable evidence that airway inflammation, characterized by neutrophil infiltration, elevated interleukin (IL)-8 concentrations, and free neutrophil elastase activity, begins early in life(2???10).The presence of P. aeruginosa and other pathogens in the lower airway of infants with CF is hypothesized to increase the host inflammatory response and thereby accelerate the process o
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