N-acetylcysteine increases the frequency of bone marrow Pro-B/pre-B cells, but does not reverse cigarette smoking-induced loss of this subset

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Palmer, Victoria L ^a   Kassmeier, Michele D ^a   Willcockson, James ^a   Akhter, Mohammed P ^a   Cullen, Diane M ^a   Swanson, Patrick C ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CD45 ANTIGEN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; LEUKOSIALIN;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; SMOKING;

MUS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRECURSOR CELLS, B-LYMPHOID; SMOKING;

EID: 80052852750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024804     Document Type: Article

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