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Molecular alterations associated with chronic exposure to cigarette smoke and chewing tobacco in normal oral keratinocytes.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Jan 2018
Rajagopalan Pavithra, Patel Krishna, Jain Ankit P, Nanjappa Vishalakshi, Datta Keshava K, Subbannayya Tejaswini, Mangalaparthi Kiran K, Kumari Anjali, Manoharan Malini, Coral Karunakaran, Murugan Sakthivel, Nair Bipin, Prasad T S Keshava, Mathur Premendu P, Gupta Ravi, Gupta Rohit, Khanna-Gupta Arati, Califano Joseph, Sidransky David, Gowda Harsha, Chatterjee Aditi
Abstract excerpt
Tobacco usage is a known risk factor associated with development of oral cancer. It is mainly consumed in two different forms (smoking and chewing) that vary in their composition and methods of intake. Despite being the leading cause of oral cancer, molecular alterations induced by tobacco are poorly understood. We therefore sought to investigate the adverse effects of cigarette smoke/chewing tobacco exposure in...
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