Varenicline is a smoking cessation drug that blocks alveolar expansion in mice intratracheally administrated porcine pancreatic elastase

• Main Authors: Mitsuhisa Koga (Author), Yuki Kanaoka (Author), Tetsushi Tashiro (Author), Nagisa Hashidume (Author), Yasufumi Kataoka (Author), Atsushi Yamauchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Smoking cessation is the most effective treatment in patients with emphysema and lung inflammation. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of varenicline, a smoking cessation drug, on emphysema in porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE)-inhaled mice. PPE-inhaled mice were treated with vare...