these studies have focussed on : ( 1 ) the recruitment of elastase-producing leukocytes to smokers ' lungs , ( 2 ) inactivation of lung elastase-inhibitors by tobacco products or by metabolites released from tobacco-stimulated lung cells , and ( 3 ) interference with elastin neosynthesis ( repair ) in the smoker .
C0013765
elastin
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repair