In Vitro Toxicity and Chemical Characterization of Aerosol Derived from Electronic Cigarette Humectants Using a Newly Developed Exposure System

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 1677-1688

  Escobar, Yael Natalie H ^b   Nipp, Grace ^c   Cui, Tianqu ^c   Petters, Sarah S ^c   Surratt, Jason D ^c   Jaspers, Ilona ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HUMECTANT; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; OLIGOMER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); CYTOKINE; HYGROSCOPIC AGENT;

AEROSOL; AIRWAY EPITHELIUM CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CELLULAR STRESS SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TOXICITY TESTING; VAPING; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRONCHUS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPITHELIUM CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACOLOGY;

AEROSOLS; BRONCHI; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; HYGROSCOPIC AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; VAPING;

EID: 85085609575     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00490     Document Type: Article

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