Table 1 A summary of apoptosis induced in A549 cells by Taxol, Tobacco smoke condensate (TSC), paraldehyde (Para), nicotine, hydrogen peroxide (HP) and fresh cigarette smoke extract (CSE) as assessed by different markers of apoptosis. Ticks (
) show statistically significant increases from control cells (, p < 0.05; , p < 0.01; , p < 0.001), and crosses (
) indicate no change from control.
) show statistically significant increases from control cells (
) indicate no change from control.Taxol | TSC | Para | Nicotine | HP | 100% CSE | 50% CSE | |
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Cell detachment (after 48 hrs) |
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Apoptotic morphology of detached cells (after 48 hours) |
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TUNEL on detached cells (after 24 hours) |
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Cytochrome C (after 4 hours) |
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Bax-α (after 4 hours) |
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