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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Rui Xiao
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-36810 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 20120906 6
In utero exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) is associated with exacerbated asthmatic responses in children. We tested the hypothesis that in utero SHS will aggravate the lung responses of young adult mice re-exposed to SHS. We exposed Balb/c mice in utero to SHS (S) or filtered air (AIR; A), and re-exposed the male offspring daily from 11-15 weeks of age to either SHS (AS and SS) or AIR (AA and SA). After the adult exposures, we analyzed samples of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), examined ...[more]