Since the industrial revolution, air pollution has become a major problem causing several
health problems involving the airways as well as the cardiovascular, reproductive, or …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major incurable global health burden
and currently the 3rd largest cause of death in the world, with approximately 3.23 million …

Cigarette smoking (CS) exposure-induced airway inflammatory responses drive the
occurrence and development of emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Cigarette smoking is associated with a higher risk of ICU admissions among patients with
flu. However, the etiological mechanism by which cigarette smoke (CS) exacerbates flu …

Electronic cigarettes have become increasingly popular, but the results of previous studies
on electronic cigarette exposure in animals have been equivocal. This study aimed to …

Mammalian lungs are metabolically active organs that frequently encounter environmental
insults. Stress responses elicit protective autophagy in epithelial barrier cells and the …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality. Cigarette
smoke is the cause of COPD. However, only a fraction of current and/or former smokers …

Neuroimaging biomarkers are needed to investigate the impact of smoking withdrawal on
brain function. NFL-101 is a denicotinized aqueous extract of tobacco leaves currently …

Caspase 9 undergoes alternative splicing to produce two opposing isoforms: proapoptotic
Caspase 9a and pro-survival Caspase 9b (C9b). Previously, our laboratory reported that …

Cigarette smoke is one of the main factors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(COPD), a respiratory syndrome marked by persistent respiratory symptoms and increasing …