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Nicotine Induces Podocyte Apoptosis through Increasing Oxidative Stress

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking plays an important role in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Nicotine, one of the major components of cigarette smoking, has been demonstrated to increase proliferation of renal mesangial cells. In this study, we examined the effect of nicotine on podocyt...

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Autores principales: Lan, Xiqian, Lederman, Rivka, Eng, Judith M., Shoshtari, Seyedeh Shadafarin Marashi, Saleem, Moin A., Malhotra, Ashwani, Singhal, Pravin C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5132002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27907022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167071