Is nicotine the estrogen of lung cancer?

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Jun 15;179(12):1081-2. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200901-0013ED.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Bungarotoxins
  • Carcinogens / pharmacology
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / etiology
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • DNA, Neoplasm / genetics*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Humans
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Nicotine / adverse effects*
  • Nitrosamines / adverse effects
  • Prognosis
  • Receptors, Nicotinic / biosynthesis
  • Receptors, Nicotinic / genetics*
  • Risk Factors
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution / adverse effects
  • alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

Substances

  • Bungarotoxins
  • Carcinogens
  • Chrna7 protein, human
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • Nitrosamines
  • Receptors, Nicotinic
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution
  • alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
  • Nicotine
  • 4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone