New York<\/p>\n
Exposure of e-cigarettes is associated with higher risk of non-alcohol fatty liver diseases, a new study shows.<\/p>\n
The findings of the study\u2014in mice\u2014suggest that using e-cigarettes may lead to an accumulation of fat in the liver.<\/p>\n
“The popularity of electronic cigarettes has been rapidly increasing in part because of advertisements that they are safer than conventional cigarettes,” said lead<\/p>\n
author Theodore C. Friedman, Professor at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
“But because extra fat in the liver is likely to be detrimental to health, we conclude that e-cigarettes are not as safe as they have been promoted to consumers,”<\/p>\n
Friedman added.<\/p>\n
In the 12-week study, presented at the ENDO 2018: The Endocrine Society’s 100th Annual Meeting and Expo, researchers studied mice missing the gene for<\/p>\n
apolipoprotein E, which makes them more prone to developing heart disease and fat in the liver.<\/p>\n
All of the mice were fed a diet relatively high in fat and cholesterol.<\/p>\n
One group of mice was put in a chamber that exposed them to e-cigarette aerosol, so that their blood nicotine levels were similar to that of smokers and e-<\/p>\n
cigarette users. A second group of mice were exposed to saline aerosol.<\/p>\n
The researchers collected liver samples, and looked at genes in the liver affected by e-cigarettes using a technique called RNA sequence analysis.<\/p>\n
They found changes in 433 genes that were associated with fatty liver development and progression in the mice exposed to e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n
The researchers also found that genes related to circadian rhythms (the body clock) were changed in mice exposed to e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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