TY - JOUR T1 - Formoterol is more effective than salmeterol in suppressing neutrophil reactivity JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00014-2015 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 00014-2015 AU - Gregory R. Tintinger AU - Annette J. Theron AU - Helen C. Steel AU - Charles Feldman AU - Ronald Anderson Y1 - 2015/05/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/1/1/00014-2015.abstract N2 - The research question addressed in the current study was: do the long-acting β2-adrenoreceptor agonists (LABAs) formoterol (full agonist) and salmeterol (partial agonist) possess comparable suppressive effects on human neutrophils?Formoterol suppresses neutrophil reactivity in vitro; in COPD, this may contribute to anti-inflammatory efficacy http://ow.ly/Qr9fE ER -