Multiple chemicals in cigarette smoke and e-cigarettes alter the function of a key type of lung immune cell.
Cigarette smoking is both widespread and deadly, yet the precise mechanisms by which cigarette smoke causes serious respiratory diseases remain unclear. This gap in understanding has significantly hindered the development of effective treatments.
Australian researchers have discovered that various chemicals in cigarette smoke and e-cigarettes disrupt the function of a crucial immune cell in the lungs.
Published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the study indicates that these disruptions…