Prenatal nicotine increases pulmonary α7 nicotinic receptor expression and alters fetal lung development in monkeys
J. Clin. Invest. Harmanjatinder S. Sekhon, et al. 103:637 doi:10.1172/JCI5232 [
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Figure 3Binary threshold showing representational areas of α7 immunoreactivity in cartilaginous airway epithelial cells from control (
a) and nicotine-exposed (
b) fetal lungs. (
c) Area of α7 staining in cartilaginous airways from control vs. nicotine-exposed animals (
P = 0.015). (
d) Area of staining in membranous airways from control vs. nicotine-exposed animals (
P = 0.003).
