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===2020: [https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.019324 Expression of Key Inflammatory Proteins Is Increased in Immune Cells From Tobacco Cigarette Smokers But Not Electronic Cigarette Vapers: Implications for Atherosclerosis]=== | ===2020: [https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.019324 Expression of Key Inflammatory Proteins Is Increased in Immune Cells From Tobacco Cigarette Smokers But Not Electronic Cigarette Vapers: Implications for Atherosclerosis]=== | ||
*Tobacco cigarettes but not E-cigarettes are associated with increased expression of key proteins in the TLR4–inflammasome–IL‐6 signaling axis, supporting the notion that ECIGs may represent a harm reduction approach to those addicted to TCIGs who are unwilling or unable to quit. | *Tobacco cigarettes but not E-cigarettes are associated with increased expression of key proteins in the TLR4–inflammasome–IL‐6 signaling axis, supporting the notion that ECIGs may represent a harm reduction approach to those addicted to TCIGs who are unwilling or unable to quit. | ||
* | *Citation: Kelesidis T, Zhang Y, Tran E, Sosa G, Middlekauff HR. Expression of Key Inflammatory Proteins Is Increased in Immune Cells From Tobacco Cigarette Smokers But Not Electronic Cigarette Vapers: Implications for Atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Jan 5;10(1):e019324. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.019324. Epub 2020 Dec 26. PMID: 33356378; PMCID: PMC7955503. | ||
===2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278691520302775 Effects of electronic cigarette on platelet and vascular function after four months of use]=== | ===2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278691520302775 Effects of electronic cigarette on platelet and vascular function after four months of use]=== |