Inflammatory and oxidative responses induced by exposure to commonly used e-cigarette flavoring chemicals and flavored e-liquids without nicotine

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2018, Pages

  Muthumalage, Thivanka ^a   Prinz, Melanie ^a   Ansah, Kwadwo O ^a   Gerloff, Janice ^a   Sundar, Isaac K ^a   Rahman, Irfan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; E liquids; Flavors; Inflammation; Interleukin 8; Monocytes; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

2',7' DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; 2,3 BUTANEDIONE; ACETOIN; ACETYLACETONE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CINNAMALDEHYDE; COUMARIN; DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN; FLAVORING AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 8; MALTOL; NICOTINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LIQUID; MONO-MAC-6 CELL LINE; MONOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; U-937 CELL LINE;

EID: 85040450580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.01130     Document Type: Article

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