Effects of Heat-Not-Burn Cigarette Smoking on the Secretion of Saliva and Its Innate Immune System Components

Effects of Heat-Not-Burn Cigarette Smoking on the Secretion of Saliva and Its Innate Immune System Components

Saliva and salivary antimicrobial proteins play important roles in the innate immunity, which prevents infections of orally invading bacteria and viruses. In this study, we compared the secretion rates of salivary lactoferrin (Lac) and lysozyme (Lys) in heat-not-burn (HNB) cigarette smokers and non-...

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Main Authors: Yukihiro Mori, Mamoru Tanaka, Hana Kozai, Yuka Aoyama, Yukihiro Shigeno, Kiyoshi Hotta, Makoto Aoike, Hatsumi Kawamura, Masato Tsurudome, Morihiro Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Healthcare
Subjects:
heat-not-burn tobacco
saliva
lactoferrin
lysozyme
antimicrobial proteins
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/1/132

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