Activation of fibroblasts by nicotine promotes the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and motility of breast cancer cells

Adipocytes promote nicotine-induced injury of endothelial cells via the NF-κB pathway

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Smoking increases risks of all-cause and breast cancer specific mortality in breast cancer individuals: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies involving 39725 breast cancer cases

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Cancer-associated fibroblasts: A multifaceted driver of breast cancer progression

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Nicotine Reduces Survival via Augmentation of Paracrine HGF-MET Signaling in the Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment

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Co-culture of 3D tumor spheroids with fibroblasts as a model for epithelial–mesenchymal transition in vitro

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The α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates the sensitivity of gastric cancer cells to taxanes

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TGFβ1 secreted by cancer-associated fibroblasts induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition of bladder cancer cells through lncRNA-ZEB2NAT

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Nicotine promotes apoptosis resistance of breast cancer cells and enrichment of side population cells with cancer stem cell-like properties via a signaling cascade involving galectin-3, α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and STAT3

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Inhibition of transforming growth factor-β signaling potentiates tumor cell invasion into collagen matrix induced by fibroblast-derived hepatocyte growth factor

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(2014) Courtney Schaal et al.   MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH

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(2014) Monika Izano et al.   Cancer Medicine

Cancer-associated fibroblasts induce epithelial–mesenchymal transition of breast cancer cells through paracrine TGF-β signalling

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Smad3 mediates cigarette smoke extract (CSE) induction of VEGF release by human fetal lung fibroblasts

(2013) Maha Farid et al.   TOXICOLOGY LETTERS

General mechanisms of nicotine-induced fibrogenesis

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The myofibroblast matrix: implications for tissue repair and fibrosis

(2012) Franco Klingberg et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

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Nicotine induces fibrogenic changes in human liver via nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed on hepatic stellate cells

(2011) Junpei Soeda et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The Hippo Transducer TAZ Confers Cancer Stem Cell-Related Traits on Breast Cancer Cells

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(2011) Hasan Korkaya et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Nicotine increases cancer stem cell population in MCF-7 cells

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Nicotine-induced human breast cancer cell proliferation attenuated by garcinol through down-regulation of the nicotinic receptor and cyclin D3 proteins

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Crosstalk between nicotine and estrogen-induced estrogen receptor activation induces α9-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in human breast cancer cells

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Tea polyphenol (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits nicotine- and estrogen-induced α9-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor upregulation in human breast cancer cells

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Nicotine induces cell proliferation, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in a variety of human cancer cell lines

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A Role for Fibroblasts in Mediating the Effects of Tobacco-Induced Epithelial Cell Growth and Invasion

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