Heavy metals in cigarette smoke strongly inhibit pancreatic ductal function and promote development of chronic pancreatitis.

Petra PallagiEmese TóthMarietta GörögViktória VengloveczTamara MadácsyÁrpád VargaTünde MolnárNoémi PappViktória SzabóEnikő Kúthy-SutusRéka MolnárAttila ÖrdögKatalin BorkaAndrea SchnúrAlbert KériGyula KajnerKata CsekőEmese RitterDezső CsuporZsuzsanna HelyesGábor GalbácsAndrea SzentesiLászló CzakóZoltán RakonczayTamás TakácsJózsef MaléthBálint Erőss

Published in: Clinical and translational medicine (2024)

secretion as well as the expression and function of CFTR Cd and Hg concentrations are significantly higher in the serum samples of smokers Cd accumulates in the pancreatic tissue of smokers.

Keyphrases

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