Electronic cigarette vapour enhances pneumococcal adherence to airway epithelial cells under abnormal conditions of exposure. Issue 3 (6th September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caruso, Massimo; Emma, Rosalia; Fuochi, Virginia; Furneri, Pio M.; Polosa, Riccardo
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 52:Issue 3(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-09-06
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00915-2018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

We read with great interest the research article by Miyashita et al. [1], in which the authors showed that e-cigarette aerosol emissions increase platelet-activating factor receptor (PAFR) expression and, consequently, Streptococcus pneumoniae adhesion to human airway epithelial cells. These findings led authors to conclude that e-cigarette use has the potential to increase susceptibility to pneumococcal infection. Unfortunately, the evidence presented in the paper is inadequate to provide much confidence in this conclusion. E-cigarette vapour enhances pneumococcal adherence to airway epithelial cells under "abnormal" conditions of exposure http://ow.ly/O9J030keaYe