Buccal epithelial gene expression in smoky and smokeless coal users

ABSTRACT: Exposure to indoor air pollution generated from the combustion of solid fuels is a major risk factor for a spectrum of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including lung cancer. In China’s rural counties of Xuanwei and Fuyuan, lung cancer rates are among the highest in the country. While the elevated disease risk in this population has been linked to the widespread usage of bituminous (smoky) coal as compared to anthracite (smokeless) coal, the underlying physiologic mechanism that smoky coal induces in comparison to other fuel types is unclear. As we have previously used airway gene-expression profiling to gain molecular insights into the physiologic effects of cigarette smoke, here we profiled the buccal epithelium of residents exposed to the burning of smoky and smokeless coal in

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Teresa Wang 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-64277 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress