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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2019

Chronic E-Cigarette Use Increases Neutrophil Elastase and Matrix Metalloprotease Levels in the Lung.

Arunava Ghosh, Raymond D Coakley, Andrew J Ghio, Marianne S Muhlebach, Charles R Esther, Neil E Alexis, Robert Tarran

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Article in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
122citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
19.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

122 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 191 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Neutrophil store-operated CaJournal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2025
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  18. Chemosensory tobacco product toxicology part 1: sensory mechanisms.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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  19. CYP1B1 Mediates Cigarette Smoke-Induced Lipid Accumulation in Alveolar Type 2 Cells.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  20. E-Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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62 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Arunava GhoshMarsico Lung Institute.
Raymond D CoakleyMarsico Lung Institute.
Andrew J GhioEnvironmental Protection Agency.
Marianne S MuhlebachMarsico Lung Institute.
Charles R EstherMarsico Lung Institute.
Neil E AlexisCenter for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, and.
Robert TarranMarsico Lung Institute.
Lung Institute · USCenter for Environmental Health · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Stephanie Engel · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
The Impact of Tobacco Exposure on the Lungs Innate Defense SystemP50HL120100 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RANDELL, SCOTT H · 2013 to 2017
$21.0M
The effect of Inhaled Nicotine on Pulmonary SurfacesR01HL135642 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KESIMER, MEHMET, TARRAN, ROBERT · 2017 to 2021
$2.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL120100NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL135642NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indexed as

AdultBiomarkersBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCotinineFemaleHumansLeukocyte ElastaseLungMacrophagesMaleMatrix Metalloproteinase 2Matrix Metalloproteinase 9Matrix MetalloproteinasesNeutrophilsNicotineVapingBiomarkersCotinineELANE protein, humanhydroxycotinineLeukocyte ElastaseMatrix Metalloproteinase 2Matrix Metalloproteinase 9Matrix MetalloproteinasesNicotineBALnicotineproteasesputumvaping

Identifiers

PMID31390877
PMCPMC6884043
OpenAlexW2967084013

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