MECHANISTIC EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF SMOKING AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ON THE NASAL EPITHELIUM

Mechanistic Evaluation of the Impact of Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on the Nasal Epithelium

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the major causes of chronic morbidity and mortality worldwide.The development of markers of COPD onset is hampered by the lack of accessibility to the primary target tissue, and there is a need to consider other sample sources as surrogates for Serving Pitchers biomarker research.Airborne toxic

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High genomic diversity in the endangered East Greenland Svalbard Barents Sea stock of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

Abstract The East Greenland-Svalbard-Barents Sea (EGSB) bowhead whale stock (Balaena mysticetus) was hunted to near extinction and remains Endangered on the International Union of Conservation of Nature Red List.The intense, temporally extensive hunting pressure may have left the population vulnerable to other perturbations, such as environmental c

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Hepatoprotective Effects of Flavonoids against Benzo[a]Pyrene-Induced Oxidative Liver Damage along Its Metabolic Pathways

Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), a highly carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon primarily formed during incomplete organic matter combustion, undergoes a series of hepatic metabolic reactions once absorbed into the body.B[a]P contributes to liver damage, ranging from molecular DNA damage to the onset and progression Counter Stool of various diseases,

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