Nicotine promotes activation of human pancreatic stellate cells through inducing autophagy via α7nAChR-mediated JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117301
Abstract: AIM Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) are the main functional cells leading to pancreatic fibrosis. Nicotine is widely considered as an independent risk factor of pancreatic fibrosis, but the mechanism is still unclear. Our study was… read more here.
Keywords: jak2 stat3; pancreatic stellate; 7nachr mediated; mediated jak2 ... See more keywords
Nicotine facilitates pancreatic fibrosis by promoting activation of pancreatic stellate cells via α7nAChR-mediated JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway in rats.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2021.06.012
Abstract: AIM Smoking has been considered as a risk factor of chronic pancreatitis (CP), but the potential mechanism is still unknown. The major pathological feature of CP is pancreatic fibrosis, whose major functional cells are pancreatic… read more here.
Keywords: jak2 stat3; fibrosis; 7nachr mediated; mediated jak2 ... See more keywords