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β-carotene attenuates the paradoxical effect of tobacco smoke on the mortality of rats after experimental myocardial infarction
(2005-09-01)
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of exposure to tobacco smoke (ETS) in rats that were or were not supplemented with dietary β-carotene (BC), on ventricular remodeling and survival after myocardial ...
Association of Exercise Training with Tobacco Smoking Prevents Fibrosis but has Adverse Impact on Myocardial Mechanics
(Oxford Univ Press, 2016)
Introduction: There was no data for cardiac repercussion of exercise training associated with tobacco smoking. This issue is interesting because some smoking people can be enrolled in an exercise-training program. Thus, ...
Tobacco Smoke Induces Ventricular Remodeling Associated with an Increase in NADPH Oxidase Activity
(Karger, 2011-01-01)
Background: Recent studies have assessed the direct effects of smoking on cardiac remodeling and function. However, the mechanisms of these alterations remain unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate de role of ...
Exposure time and ventricular remodeling induced by tobacco smoke exposure in rats
(Int Scientific Literature, Inc, 2008-03-01)
Background: We investigated the effects of length of exposure to tobacco smoke on the cardiac remodeling process induced by exposure to cigarette smoke in rats.Material/Methods: Rats were separated into 4 groups: nonsmoking ...
Genotoxicity of cigarette smoking in maternal and newborn lymphocytes
(Elsevier B.V., 2009-09-01)
Tobacco smoke contains a large number of substances known to induce DNA damage and to be hazardous to human health. Several reviews and meta-analyses have reported an association between maternal or paternal smoking habits ...
Association between secondhand smoking in the home and respiratory morbidity in preschool children
(Univ Sao Paolo, 2016)
Objective: Identifying the prevalence of secondhand smoking in the home and its association with morbidity and hospitalization from respiratory causes in preschool children. Method: This is a cross-sectional study conducted ...
Aldosterone is not Involved in the Ventricular Remodeling Process Induced by Tobacco Smoke Exposure
(Karger, 2012-01-01)
Background/Aims: Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade with a mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonist has not yet been studied in exposure to tobacco smoke (TS) models. Thus, this study investigated the role of ...
Cardiac remodeling induced by smoking: Concepts, relevance, and potential mechanisms
(2012-12-04)
Cardiac or ventricular remodeling is characterized by molecular, cellular, and interstitial alterations that lead to changes in heart size, mass, geometry and function in response to a given insult. Currently, tobacco smoke ...
Effects to exposure of tobacco smoke and alcohol on the tongue and pharynx of rats
(Informa Healthcare, 2012-02-01)
Aim: To study in rats the effects of exposure to tobacco and alcohol on the mucosa of the tongue and pharynx.Material and methods: Forty adult Wistar rats were allocated into four groups of 10 animals each: GI (control), ...
Association between palmoplantar pustulosis and cigarette smoking in Brazil: a case-control study
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2009-10-01)
BackgroundPalmoplantar pustulosis (PPP) discloses some differences compared to vulgar psoriasis (PV) in terms of age of onset, female predominance and low occurrence of psoriasis lesions elsewhere. Cigarette smoking has ...