Fetal and Neonatal Nicotine Exposure in Wistar Rats Causes Progressive Pancreatic Mitochondrial Damage and Beta Cell Dysfunction

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is currently recommended as a safe smoking cessation aid for pregnant women. However, fetal and neonatal nicotine exposure in rats causes mitochondrial-mediated beta cell apoptosis at weaning, and adult-onset dysglycemia, which we hypothesize is related to progress...

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Autores principales: Bruin, Jennifer E., Petre, Maria A., Raha, Sandeep, Morrison, Katherine M., Gerstein, Hertzel C., Holloway, Alison C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18852877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003371

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18852877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003371

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