Perinatal nicotine exposure induces asthma in second generation offspring

Perinatal nicotine exposure induces asthma in second generation offspring

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>By altering specific developmental signaling pathways that are necessary for fetal lung development, perinatal nicotine exposure affects lung growth and differentiation, resulting in the offsprings' predisposition to childhood a...

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Main Authors: Rehan Virender K, Liu Jie, Naeem Erum, Tian Jia, Sakurai Reiko, Kwong Kenny, Akbari Omid, Torday John S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
nicotine
lung
epigenetic
asthma
multigenerational
gender difference
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/129

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