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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology2025

Epigenomic Dysregulation in Youth Vapers: Implications for Disease Risk Assessment.

Stella Tommasi, Luciano Brocchieri, Silvia Tornaletti, Ahmad Besaratinia

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Article in American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Early-Onset Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Emerging Biological Insights, Risk Factors and Clinical Implications.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Stella TommasiDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, and.ORCID 0000-0001-6897-4985
Luciano BrocchieriTB-Seq Inc., South San Francisco, California.
Silvia TornalettiTB-Seq Inc., South San Francisco, California.
Ahmad BesaratiniaDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, and.ORCID 0000-0001-7231-228X

Funding

Differentiating the biological effects of vaping from smoking by analyzing the methylome and transcriptomeR01DE031863 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI AHMAD BESARATINIA · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Network-based analysis of disease-associated epigenetic changes in youth electronic cigarette usersR21DA058342 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BESARATINIA, AHMAD · 2023 to 2024
$456k
Development of biomarkers of exposure and effects for electronic cigarette vs. combustible cigarette useR21CA268197 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BESARATINIA, AHMAD · 2021 to 2022
$454k
CCR NIH HHS R21CA268197Intramural Research Program R21DA058342NCI NIH HHS R21 CA268197NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA058342NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE031863NIDCR NIH HHS R01DE031863Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program T31IR1839
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the ongoing epidemic of youth vaping, the long-term health consequences of electronic cigarette use are largely unknown. We report the effects of vaping versus smoking on the oral cell methylome of healthy young vapers and smokers relative to nonusers. Whereas vapers and smokers differ in the number of differentially methylated regions (DMRs) (831 vs. 2,863), they share striking similarities in the distribution and patterns of DNA methylation, chromatin states, transcription factor binding motifs, and pathways. There is substantial overlap in DMR-associated genes between vapers and smokers, with the shared subset of genes enriched for transcriptional regulation, signaling, tobacco use disorders, and cancer-related pathways. Of significance is the identification of a common hypermethylated DMR at the promoter of

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DNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsVapingAdolescentFemaleHumansMalePromoter Regions, GeneticRisk AssessmentSmokingYoung Adultcancerdifferentially methylated regionselectronic cigaretteHIC1oral epithelial cells

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PMID39133188
PMCPMC11976656

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