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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Electronic-Cigarette Vehicles and Flavoring Affect Lung Function and Immune Responses in a Murine Model.

Brittany N Szafran, Rakeysha Pinkston, Zakia Perveen, Matthew K Ross, Timothy Morgan, Daniel B Paulsen, Arthur L Penn, Barbara L F Kaplan, Alexandra Noël

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pulmonary effects of e-liquid flavors: a systematic review.Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews · 2022
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  6. Toxicity and Appeal of Flavoured E-Cigarettes and Flavour Ban Outcomes: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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  8. Longitudinal Electronic Cigarette Exposures Impair Respiratory Function and Structure in the Female Apoe-/- Mouse.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026
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  10. The respiratory epithelium in the era of vaping: insights fromEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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  12. The effects of flavored vaped e-liquids on cultured human macrophages derived from the central and peripheral nervous systems.Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA · 2025
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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brittany N SzafranCenter for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
Rakeysha PinkstonDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Zakia PerveenDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Matthew K RossCenter for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9167-8452
Timothy MorganDepartment of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
Daniel B PaulsenPathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Arthur L PennDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Barbara L F KaplanCenter for Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1992-4145
Alexandra NoëlDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Louisiana State University · USMississippi State University · US

Funding

College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University Start-up fundsLouisiana Governor's Biotechnology Initiative GBI-BOR#013School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University Start-up funds
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), also known as electronic-cigarettes (e-cigs), has raised serious public health concerns, especially in light of the 2019 outbreak of e-cig or vaping product use-associated acute lung injury (EVALI). While these cases have mostly been linked to ENDS that contain vitamin E acetate, there is limited research that has focused on the chronic pulmonary effects of the delivery vehicles (i.e., without nicotine and flavoring). Thus, we investigated lung function and immune responses in a mouse model following exposure to the nearly ubiquitous e-cig delivery vehicles, vegetable glycerin (VG) and propylene glycol (PG), used with a specific 70%/30% ratio, with or without vanilla flavoring. We hypothesized that mice exposed sub-acutely to these e-cig aerosols would exhibit lung inflammation and altered lung function. Adult female C57BL/6 mice (

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Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFlavoring AgentsGene ExpressionGlycerolImmunoglobulinsImmunophenotypingInflammation MediatorsMacrophagesMice, Inbred C57BLPneumoniaPropylene GlycolRespiratory Function TestsFlavoring AgentsGlycerolImmunoglobulinsInflammation MediatorsPropylene Glycolaberrant lipidomicselectronic nicotine delivery systems—electronic-cigarettelung immune homeostasisvanilla flavoringvegetable glycerin—propylene glycol

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PMID32825651
PMCPMC7504509
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