Effect of sub-chronic exposure to cigarette smoke, electronic cigarette and waterpipe on human lung epithelial barrier function

Effect of sub-chronic exposure to cigarette smoke, electronic cigarette and waterpipe on human lung epithelial barrier function

Abstract Background Taking into consideration a recent surge of a lung injury condition associated with electronic cigarette use, we devised an in vitro model of sub-chronic exposure of human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) in air-liquid interface, to determine deterioration of epithelial cell ba...

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Main Authors: Baishakhi Ghosh, Hermes Reyes-Caballero, Sevcan Gül Akgün-Ölmez, Kristine Nishida, Lakshmana Chandrala, Lena Smirnova, Shyam Biswal, Venkataramana K. Sidhaye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
E-cigarette
Cigarette
Nicotine
E-cadherin
Waterpipe
Tobacco
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-020-01255-y

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