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ArticleScientific reports2017

Electronic Cigarette Smoke Impairs Normal Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation.

A Shaito, J Saliba, A Husari, M El-Harakeh, H Chhouri, Y Hashem, A Shihadeh, M El-Sabban

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The impact of vaping on periodontitis: A systematic review.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2021
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  5. Human Primary Mesenchymal Stem Cells Fail to Recover Full Osteogenic Differentiation Potential Following Washout of Electronic Cigarette Aerosol Extracts.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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  9. Acute exposure to electronic cigarette components alters mRNA expression of pre-osteoblasts.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2024
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  17. Vaping-Associated Lung Injury: A Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022
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  20. The impact of E-cigarette vaping and vapour constituents on bone health.Journal of inflammation (London, England) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A ShaitoDepartment of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0003-3524-7962
J SalibaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
A HusariDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
M El-HarakehDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
H ChhouriDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Y HashemDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
A ShihadehDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0001-6387-8564
M El-SabbanDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. me00@aub.edu.lb.
American University of Beirut · LBLebanese International University · LBLebanese University · LB

Funding

Training and Education Core p270-287P50DA036105 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI EISSENBERG, THOMAS EVAN · 2013 to 2017
$19.2M
NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA036105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are promoted as low-risk alternatives to combustible cigarettes. However, the effects of chronic inhalation of potential toxicants emitted by ecigarettes remain largely unexamined. It is conceivable that smoking-induced chronic diseases result in cellular injury, in the absence of effective repair by stem cells. This study evaluates the effect of cigarette and e-cigarette aerosol extracts on the survival and differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). MSC growth and osteogenic differentiation were examined after exposure to smoke extracts. Data revealed detrimental effects of both cigarette and e-cigarette extracts on MSC morphology and growth. Levels and activity of alkaline phosphatase, an osteogenic marker, decreased and induction of osteoblastic differentiation was impaired. Both smoke extracts prevented osteogenic differentiation from progressing, evident by decreased expression of terminal osteogenic markers and mineralization. Elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were detected in cells exposed to smoke extracts. Moreover, decreased differentiation potential was concomitant with severe down-regulation of Connexin 43 expression, leading to the loss of gap junction-mediated communication, which together with elevated ROS levels, could explain decreased proliferation and loss of differentiation potential. Hence, e-cigarettes present similar risk as combustible cigarettes with respect to tissue repair impairment.

Indexed as

Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsAerosolsAlkaline PhosphataseCell CommunicationCells, CulturedCell SurvivalHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsOsteogenesisReactive Oxygen SpeciesSmokeTobacco ProductsAerosolsAlkaline PhosphataseReactive Oxygen SpeciesSmoke

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PMID29079789
PMCPMC5660168
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