Flavored e-cigarette liquids reduce proliferation and viability in the CALU3 airway epithelial cell line

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2017, Pages L52-L66

  Rowell, Temperance R ^a   Reeber, Steven L ^b   Lee, Shernita L ^a   Harris, Rachel A ^b   Nethery, Rachel C ^c   Herring, Amy H ^c   Glish, Gary L ^b   Tarran, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cancer; COPD; Nicotine; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM RELEASE ACTIVATED CALCIUM CHANNEL 1; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA6; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA7; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA1; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA3; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBTYPE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PURINERGIC P2Y2 RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE GLYCERIN; AEROSOL; MENTHOL;

AEROSOL; AIRWAY EPITHELIUM CELL; ARTICLE; BLACK LICORICE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALU3 CELL LINE; CAPTAIN BLACK CIGAR; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ENERGON; FLAVOR; FLAVORED E CIGARETTE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION; INHALATION; LIQUID; LUNG TOXICITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRION; MTT ASSAY; PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE; POPCORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; T BONE; VAPOR; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IC50; LUNG; METABOLISM;

AEROSOLS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CINNAMOMUM AROMATICUM; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LUNG; MENTHOL; NICOTINE;

EID: 85021837215     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00392.2016     Document Type: Article

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