Abstract
Historically, it has been challenging to go beyond epidemiology to investigate the pathogenic changes caused by tobacco smoking. The EpiAirway-100 (MatTek Corp., Ashland, MA) was employed to investigate the effects of cigarette smoke components. Exposure at the air-liquid-interface represented particle and vapour phase components of cigarette smoke. A proteomic study utilising iTRAQ labelling compared expression profiles. The correlative histopathology revealed focal regions of hyperplasia, hypertrophy, cytolysis and necrosis. We identified 466 proteins, 250 with a parameter of two or more peptides. Four of these proteins are potential markers of lung injury and three are related to mechanistic pathways of disease.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 567-76 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Biomarkers |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Biomarkers
- Blotting, Western
- Cells, Cultured
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Proteome
- Proteomics
- Respiratory Mucosa
- Smoking
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization