Vapors produced by electronic cigarettes and E-juices with flavorings induce toxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammatory response in lung epithelial cells and in mouse lung

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Lerner, Chad A ^a   Sundar, Isaac K ^a   Yao, Hongwei ^a   Gerloff, Janice ^a   Ossip, Deborah J ^a   McIntosh, Scott ^a   Robinson, Risa ^b   Rahman, Irfan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ELECTRONIC JUICE; FLAVORING AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLYCEROL; HUMECTANT; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; NICOTINE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR SECRETION; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXPOSURE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG TOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; VAPOR; VAPORIZATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL LINE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY; VOLATILIZATION;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; MUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CELL LINE; COTININE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICE; NICOTINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SOLUTIONS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84922717584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116732     Document Type: Article

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