E-cigarette aerosol exposure of pulmonary surfactant impairs its surface tension reducing function.
Emma GrahamLynda McCaigGloria Shui-Kei LauAkash TejuraAnne CaoYi Y ZuoRuud A W VeldhuizenPublished in: PloS one (2022)
EC aerosols alter surfactant function through increases in minimum surface tension. This impairment may contribute to lung dysfunction and susceptibility to further injury.
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