Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 33-39 , July 2010

Chronic exposure to estrogen and the tobacco carcinogen NNK cooperatively modulates nicotinic receptors in small airway epithelial cells

  • Hussein A.N. Al-Wadei

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Oncology Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen
    • Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Mohammed H. Al-Wadei

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Oncology Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
    • Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas Masi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Hildegard M. Schuller

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Oncology Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
    • Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Tel.: +1 865 974 8217; fax: +1 865 974 5616.

Received 18 May 2009 ,Revised 23 September 2009 ,Accepted 26 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.09.011

Lung Cancer
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 33-39 , July 2010

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