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Comparing the Effects of Electronic Cigarette Vapor and Cigarette Smoke in a Novel In Vivo Exposure System
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2017
This protocol describes a method for exposing rodents to electronic cigarette vapor (E-vapor) and cigarette smoke. Exposure chambers are constructed by modifying anesthesia chambers with an automated pumping system that delivers E-vapor or cigarette smoke to rodents. This system can easily be modified to accommodate many experimental endpoints.
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Isolation of Mouse Respiratory Epithelial Cells and Exposure to Experimental Cigarette Smoke at Air Liquid Interface
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2011
Pulmonary epithelial cells can be isolated from the respiratory tract of mice and cultured at air-liquid interface as a model of differentiated respiratory epithelium. A protocol is described for isolating, culturing and exposing these cells to mainstream cigarette smoke, in order to study molecular responses to this environmental toxin.
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Impact Assessment of Repeated Exposure of Organotypic 3D Bronchial and Nasal Tissue Culture Models to Whole Cigarette Smoke
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2015
The aim of this protocol is to expose human organotypic 3D bronchial and nasal tissue models to mainstream cigarette smoke (CS) at the air-liquid interface. The impact of CS on the tissues is then investigated using a cytochrome P450 activity assay, a cilia beating measurement, and a systems biology approach.
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Cigarette Smoke Exposure in Mice using a Whole-Body Inhalation System
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2020
This protocol demonstrates the study of the pathophysiologic effects of cigarette smoke (CS) with a whole-body inhalation (WBI) exposure system (WBIS) built in-house. This system can expose animals to CS under controlled repeatable conditions for research of CS-mediated effects on lung emphysema and hematopoiesis.
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Creating Dynamic Images of Short-lived Dopamine Fluctuations with lp-ntPET: Dopamine Movies of Cigarette Smoking
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2013
We present a novel PET imaging approach for capturing dopamine fluctuations induced by cigarette smoking. Subjects smoke in the PET scanner. Dynamic PET images are modeled voxel-by-voxel in time by lp-ntPET, which includes a time-varying dopamine term. The results are 'movies' of dopamine fluctuations in the striatum during smoking.
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Reactive compounds in cigarette smoke can damage cellular components after reaching the respiratory tract. This injury provides a mechanistic link between exposure and impaired tissue function, while the airway response is not limited to one isolated target. Studying these cellular effects helps medicine connect smoke exposure with respiratory disease and evaluate biological pathways that may be modified by treatment.
Mucociliary clearance is an important airway defense that smoke can impair. When this process is disrupted, the respiratory tract becomes less effective at maintaining normal airway protection. Examining clearance alongside cellular injury gives medical researchers a more complete view of how exposure alters respiratory function and helps clarify mechanisms contributing to smoke-related respiratory disease.
Cigarette smoke exposure activates inflammatory and immune pathways in the respiratory tract. These responses add a biological layer beyond direct cellular damage and help explain how exposure can produce sustained tissue effects. In medicine, studying these pathways supports investigation of disease mechanisms and helps researchers assess how smoke-related injury may extend from local airway changes to broader health consequences.
Substances absorbed from cigarette smoke can circulate systemically after entering the body. This circulation helps explain why medical research considers effects on more than the lungs, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and adverse effects on development. Evaluating both respiratory and systemic consequences provides a broader basis for understanding risk and for designing strategies to reduce tobacco-related harm.
Controlled exposure assessment helps investigators examine the effects of cigarette smoke under defined research conditions. These assessments can support evaluation of respiratory and systemic responses, clarify relationships between exposure and disease mechanisms, and contribute to risk evaluation. Their value lies in connecting measured exposure with biological outcomes relevant to prevention and medical decision-making.
Experimental models help clarify how cigarette smoke exposure contributes to respiratory and cardiovascular disease, cancer, and adverse effects on development. By examining mechanisms in a research setting, investigators can separate different biological consequences and identify outcomes associated with exposure. Findings from these models support risk evaluation and the development or assessment of approaches intended to reduce tobacco-related harm.