Vegetable glycerin e-cigarette aerosols cause airway inflammation and ion channel dysfunction

• Main Authors: Michael D. Kim (Author), Samuel Chung (Author), John S. Dennis (Author), Makoto Yoshida (Author), Carolina Aguiar (Author), Sheyla P. Aller (Author), Eliana S. Mendes (Author), Andreas Schmid (Author), Juan Sabater (Author), Nathalie Baumlin (Author), Matthias Salathe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vegetable glycerin (VG) and propylene glycol (PG) serve as delivery vehicles for nicotine and flavorings in most e-cigarette (e-cig) liquids. Here, we investigated whether VG e-cig aerosols, in the absence of nicotine and flavors, impact parameters of mucociliary function in human volunteers, a larg...