The AAP Committee on Environmental Health has identified these problems with secondhand smoke exposure:
decreased lung growth, decreased lung function, and increased frequency of lower respiratory tract infections and respiratory symptoms.
Not exact matches
By using molecular genetic tools to reduce the amount of PC in human
lung cancer cells, the team observed
decreased cell
growth, a compromised ability to form colonies in soft agar (a gelatinous material specifically used to grow bacteria and other cells), and a reduced rate of tumor
growth in mice.
In addition, previous studies done in Wang's lab suggest that BCX, through a different molecular mechanism, can slow the nicotine - promoted
growth of
lung tumors and
decrease cigarette smoke - induced
lung inflammation in animal models.
Oral delivery of PND - 1186 FAK inhibitor
decreases tumor
growth and spontaneous breast to
lung metastasis in pre-clinical models.
Nutritional deficiencies impair
lung growth, favour infections and
decrease the ability of cells to control inflammatory processes, for example through a lack of anti-oxidative factors.
In animal and cell studies, grapefruit powder, limonin and naringenin
decrease growth and increase self - destruction of colon, mouth, skin,
lung, breast and stomach cancers.