| Front | cause of emphysema |
|---|---|
| Back | chemical irritants in cigarette smoke damage lung tissue, recruiment of phagocytes producing elastase, breakdown of elastic fibres in alveolar wall, high elastase concentrations override elastase inhibitor |
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