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Cigarette smoke regulates the expression of TLR4 and IL-8 production by human macrophages [PDF]

, 2009
Background Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are present on monocytes and alveolar macrophages that form the first line of defense against inhaled particles.
Esmaeil Mortaz, Nijkamp, Frans P, Caldenhoven Eric, Caldenhoven, Eric, Kraneveld, Aletta D, Gert Folkerts, Sarir Hadi, Folkerts Gert, Nijkamp Frans P, Khalil Karimi, Kraneveld Aletta D, Karimi Khalil, Sarir, Hadi, Mortaz Esmaeil, Karimi, Khalil, Rahman Irfan, Folkerts, Gert, Frans P Nijkamp, Rahman, Irfan, Irfan Rahman, Eric Caldenhoven, Aletta D Kraneveld, Mortaz, Esmaeil, Hadi Sarir   +23 more
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Lethal impacts of cigarette smoke in cultured tobacco cells [PDF]

, 2011
Background In order to understand and generalize the toxic mechanism of cigarette smoke in living cells, comparison of the data between animal systems and other biological system such as microbial and plant systems is highly beneficial.
Tomonori Kawano, Takuya Hiramatsu, Masaru Yukihiro   +2 more
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Effect of Tocopheryl Acetate on Maternal Cigarette Smoke Exposed Swiss Albino Mice Inbred Fetus [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Cigarette smoking is worldwide problem which can be correlated with teratogenicity. Tocopheryl acetate plays as an antioxidant against the oxidative stress evolved by cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy.
Janardan Chaudhary, Royana Singh, SN Shamal, K Supriya, Mona Srivastava, RS More   +5 more
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Smoke-Free Ordinances and Policies Protect Youth, but Ordinances Appear to Have Little Impact on Non-Combustible Tobacco Use

Children, 2019
Smoke-free ordinances and policies protect youth from exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and cigarette use. This study investigated whether smoke-free ordinances also protect youth from the use of other tobacco products. We compared the prevalence of SHS
Nell Valentine, Emily McClelland, Robert McMillen   +2 more
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Cigarette smoke and human pulmonary immune responses to mycobacteria [PDF]

, 2011
Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that up to 15% of worldwide tuberculosis (TB) cases may be attributable to tobacco smoking. The aim of the studies reported here was to gain insights into the effects of exposure to cigarette smoke on human cells ...
Van Zyl-Smit, Richard Nellis
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Blocking P2X purinoceptor 4 signalling alleviates cigarette smoke induced pulmonary inflammation

Respiratory Research, 2022
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with elevated ATP levels in the extracellular space. Once released, ATP serves as danger signal modulating immune responses by activating purinergic receptors.
Sven Schneider, Irmgard Merfort, Marco Idzko, Andreas Zech   +3 more
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RelB is differentially regulated by IkappaB Kinase-alpha in B cells and mouse lung by cigarette smoke [PDF]

, 2009
The activation of transcription factor NF-kappaB is controlled by two main pathways: the classical canonical (RelA/p65-p50)- and the alternative noncanonical (RelB/p52)-NF-kappaB pathways.
Edirisinghe, Indika, Sime, Patricia J, Rajendrasozhan, Saravanan, Valvo, Samantha, McCabe Jr., Michael J, Bulger, Michael, Yao, Hongwei, Rahman, Irfan, Yang, Se-Ran, Li, Jian-Dong, Chung, Sangwoon, Fromm, George, Phipps, Richard P   +12 more
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Menthol-enhanced cytotoxicity of cigarette smoke demonstrated in two bioassay models [PDF]

, 2013
Background Cigarette smoke is harmful to human health at both cellular and genetic levels. Recently, a unique bioassay for smoke cytotoxicity using air pollution-sensitive plant cells (tobacco) has been proposed.
Tomonori Kawano, Tadashi Konishi, Yutaka Tanaike, Kazuo Sakurai, Shinichi Mochizuki, Ken Matsuyama, Atsuko Noriyasu, Kazuya Uezu   +7 more
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Effects of electronic cigarette aerosol exposure on oral and systemic health

Biomedical Journal, 2021
Conventional cigarette smoke harms nearly every organ of the body and is the leading cause of death in the United States and in the world. Decades of research have associated conventional cigarette smoke with several diseases and death. Heavily marketed,
Cássio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Harmony Matshik Dakafay, Kenji O'Brien, Dallin Montierth, Nan Xiao, David M. Ojcius   +5 more
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Low-cost, immediate, general-purpose, and high-throughput (LIGHt) smartphone colorimetric screening assay for water-soluble protein

Heliyon
An efficient and rapid method for the detection of total soluble protein in tobacco leaves, utilizing a smartphone-based colorimetric approach has been developed.
Yunfei Sha, Yumei Chen, Wenchen Li, Jianhao Zhang, Jiale Wang, Ting Fei, Da Wu, Weiying Lu   +7 more
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