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Trachea epithelium as a "canary" for cigarette smoking-induced biologic phenotype of the small airway epithelium.
Clinical and translational science - 1 Aug 2009
Turetz Meredith L, O'Connor Timothy P, Tilley Ann E, Strulovici-Barel Yael, Salit Jacqueline, Dang David, Teater Matthew, Mezey Jason, Clark Andrew G, Crystal Ronald G
Abstract excerpt
The initial site of smoking-induced lung disease is the small airway epithelium, which is difficult and time consuming to sample by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. We developed a rapid, office-based procedure to obtain trachea epithelium without conscious sedation from healthy nonsmokers (n= 26) and healthy smokers (n= 19, 27 +/- 15 pack-year). Gene expression differences (fold change >1.5, p < 0.01, Benjamini-Hochberg...
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