Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3A1 protects airway epithelial cells from cigarette smoke-induced DNA damage and cytotoxicity
Jang JH, Bruse S, Liu Y, Duffy V, Zhang C, Oyamada N, Randell S, Matsumoto A, Thompson DC, Lin Y, Vasiliou V, Tesfaigzi Y, Nyunoya T. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3A1 protects airway epithelial cells from cigarette smoke-induced DNA damage and cytotoxicity. Free Radical Biology And Medicine 2013, 68: 80-86. PMID: 24316006, PMCID: PMC3941192, DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.11.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman bronchial epithelial cellsImmortalized human bronchial epithelial cellsCigarette smokeALDH enzymatic activityCigarette smoke-induced DNA damageAldehyde dehydrogenase 3A1Smoke-induced DNA damagePrimary human bronchial epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsCSE-exposed cellsCSE-induced cytotoxicityBronchial epithelial cellsDNA damageExtract exposureMRNA levelsEffects of overexpression