Smoking-induced gene expression changes in the bronchial airway are reflected in nasal and buccal epithelium-3

Rom smokers are significantly skewed toward being among the genes most induced in buccal (A) or nasal (B) epithelial samples in response to smoking (p < 0.001). There are 74 genes that comprise the buccal "leading edge subset" and 120 genes that comprise the nasal "leading edge subset". These two analyses suggest that genes induced by smoking in the bronchus show a similar pattern of differential expression in buccal and nasal epithelium.<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Smoking-induced gene expression changes in the bronchial airway are reflected in nasal and buccal epithelium"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/259</p><p>BMC Genomics 2008;9():259-259.</p><p>Published online 30 May 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2435556.</p><p>