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ArticleToxicology and applied pharmacology2014

Regulation of gene expression by tobacco product preparations in cultured human dermal fibroblasts.

Gloria E Malpass, Subhashini Arimilli, G L Prasad, Allyn C Howlett

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Article in Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gloria E MalpassDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: gloria.malpass@gmail.com.
Subhashini ArimilliDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: sarimill@wakehealth.edu.
G L PrasadR&D Department, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC 27102, USA. Electronic address: prasadg@rjrt.com.
Allyn C HowlettDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: ahowlett@wakehealth.edu.
Wake Forest University · USReynolds American (United States) · US

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
TROPANE EVALUATION AND GENERAL SCIENTIFIC SERVICES COREP50DA006634 · NIDA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PORRINO, LINDA J. · 1991 to 2019
$30.8M
CANNABINOID RECEPTORS IN NEURONAL CELLS AND BRAINR01DA003690 · NIDA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HOWLETT, ALLYN C · 1985 to 2014
$2.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NCI NIH HHS P30CA012197NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA006634NIDA NIH HHS P50-DA006634NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA003690NIDA NIH HHS R01-DA03690
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skin fibroblasts comprise the first barrier of defense against wounds, and tobacco products directly contact the oral cavity. Cultured human dermal fibroblasts were exposed to smokeless tobacco extract (STE), total particulate matter (TPM) from tobacco smoke, or nicotine at concentrations comparable to those found in these extracts for 1h or 5h. Differences were identified in pathway-specific genes between treatments and vehicle using qRT-PCR. At 1h, IL1α was suppressed significantly by TPM and less significantly by STE. Neither FOS nor JUN was suppressed at 1h by tobacco products. IL8, TNFα, VCAM1, and NFκB1 were suppressed after 5h with STE, whereas only TNFα and NFκB1 were suppressed by TPM. At 1h with TPM, secreted levels of IL10 and TNFα were increased. Potentially confounding effects of nicotine were exemplified by genes such as ATF3 (5h), which was increased by nicotine but suppressed by other components of STE. Within 2h, TPM stimulated nitric oxide production, and both STE and TPM increased reactive oxygen species. The biological significance of these findings and utilization of the gene expression changes reported herein regarding effects of the tobacco product preparations on dermal fibroblasts will require additional research.

Indexed as

Cells, CulturedCytokinesDermatitisFibroblastsGene Expression RegulationGenes, Immediate-EarlyHumansInflammation MediatorsNicotineNicotinic AgonistsNitric OxideOxidative StressRNA, MessengerSkinSuperoxidesTime FactorsCytokinesInflammation MediatorsNicotineNicotinic AgonistsNitric OxideRNA, MessengerSuperoxidesTobacco Smoke PollutionInterleukin-8Nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells 1Pro-inflammatory cytokinesTobacco product preparationsTumor necrosis factor alphaVascular cell adhesion molecule 1

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PMID24927667
PMCPMC4537293
OpenAlexW1974191140

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