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Effect of active smoking on the human bronchial epithelium transcriptome
1 Jan 2007
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths. Tobacco smoke exposure is the strongest aetiological factor associated with lung cancer. In this study, using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE), we comprehensively examined the effect of active smoking by comparing the transcriptomes of clinical specimens obtained from current, former and never smokers, and identified genes showing...
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