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Possible role of the α7 nicotinic receptors in mediating nicotine’s effect on developing lung – implications in unexplained human perinatal death

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Title
Possible role of the α7 nicotinic receptors in mediating nicotine’s effect on developing lung – implications in unexplained human perinatal death
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, February 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2466-14-11
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Anna M Lavezzi, Melissa F Corna, Graziella Alfonsi, Luigi Matturri

Abstract

It is well known that maternal smoking during pregnancy is very harmful to the fetus. Prenatal nicotine absorption, in particular, is associated with alterations in lung development and functions at birth and with respiratory disorders in infancy. Many of the pulmonary disorders are mediated by the interaction of nicotine with the nicotinic receptors (nAChRs), above all with the α7 nAChR subunits that are widely expressed in the developing lung. To determine whether the lung hypoplasia frequently observed in victims of sudden fetal and neonatal death with a smoker mother may result from nicotine interacting with lung nicotinic receptors, we investigated by immunohistochemistry the possible presence of the α7 nAChR subunit overexpression in these pathologies.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 55 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 20%
Researcher 8 15%
Student > Master 5 9%
Professor 3 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 5%
Other 9 16%
Unknown 16 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 33%
Neuroscience 5 9%
Psychology 5 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Other 6 11%
Unknown 17 31%
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#15,293,290
of 22,743,667 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#1,075
of 1,904 outputs
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#189,704
of 307,251 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pulmonary Medicine
#20
of 29 outputs
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