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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.
*Acknowledgement: This work was supported by the Tobacco‐Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) under the contract number TRDRP 28IR‐0065 (H.R.M.), by UCOP under the contract number R00RG2749 Emergency COVID‐19 Research Seed Funding (H.R.M.), and by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) UCLA CTSI grant number L1TR001881. This work was also supported in part by NIH grants R01AG059501 and R03AG059462 (to T.K.). The flow cytometry machine used in the study was purchased through the UCLA Center for AIDS Research (P30AI28697) grant.
*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]===