Comparison of the effects of electronic cigarette vapours and tobacco smoke extracts on human neutrophils in vitro .

Guy A RichardsAnnette J TheronIman van den BoutRonald AndersonCharles FeldmanRichard Nellis van Zyl-SmitJu-Wei ChangGregory R Tintinger

Published in: ERJ open research (2023)

, these harmful immunosuppressive effects of ECEs may compromise intrinsic pulmonary antimicrobial defence mechanisms, albeit less so than cigarette smoke.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
pulmonary hypertension
staphylococcus aureus
induced pluripotent stem cells
pluripotent stem cells
smoking cessation