2021
E-Cigarettes Promote Macrophage-Tumor Cells Crosstalk: Focus on Breast Carcinoma Progression and Lung Metastasis
Pham K, DeFina S, Wang H. E-Cigarettes Promote Macrophage-Tumor Cells Crosstalk: Focus on Breast Carcinoma Progression and Lung Metastasis. Exploratory Research And Hypothesis In Medicine 2021, 6: 60-66. PMID: 35419501, PMCID: PMC9005083, DOI: 10.14218/erhm.2021.00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-associated macrophagesBreast cancerMetastasis of BCTumor microenvironmentC motif chemokine ligand 5Enhanced tumor malignancyRisk of metastasisConventional cigarette smokingAggressive breast cancerChemokine ligand 5Breast carcinoma progressionCig vapingDNA damaging effectsCigarette smokingLung metastasesImmune cellsAggressive phenotypeBC progressionMacrophage activationCig useMetastasisTumor malignancyCarcinoma progressionE-cigsE-cigarettes
2020
Electronic cigarettes promotes the lung colonization of human breast cancer in NOD-SCID-Gamma mice.
Huynh D, Huang J, Le LTT, Liu D, Liu C, Pham K, Wang H. Electronic cigarettes promotes the lung colonization of human breast cancer in NOD-SCID-Gamma mice. International Journal Of Clinical And Experimental Pathology 2020, 13: 2075-2081. PMID: 32922603, PMCID: PMC7476960.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchE-cigsNOD-SCIDGamma miceTumor cellsCig vapour extractElectronic cigarette smokingHuman breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Human breast cancer cellsCell line MDA-MB-231E-cig exposureHuman breast cancerMetastasis-promoting effectsTail vein injectionBreast cancer cellsTumor cell proliferationMDA-MB-231Tumor cell apoptosisCig exposureCigarette smokingLung metastasesTumor loadTumor mortalityBreast cancer