Effect of sub-chronic exposure to cigarette smoke, electronic cigarette and waterpipe on human lung epithelial barrier function.
Baishakhi GhoshHermes Reyes-CaballeroSevcan Gül Akgün-ÖlmezKristine NishidaLakshmana ChandralaLena SmirnovaShyam BiswalVenkataramana K SidhayePublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2020)
The results support a toxic effect of sub-chronic exposure to EC (1.2%) as evident by disruption of the bronchial epithelial cell barrier integrity, whereas further research is needed to address the molecular mechanism of this observation as well as TW and EC (0%) toxicity in chronic exposures.
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