Yukihiro Mori, Mamoru Tanaka, Hana Kozai, Yuka Aoyama, Yukihiro Shigeno, Kiyoshi Hotta, Makoto Aoike, Hatsumi Kawamura, Masato Tsurudome, Morihiro Ito
Saliva and salivary antimicrobial proteins play important roles in the innate immunity, which prevents infections of orally invading bacteria and viruses. In this study, we compared the secretion rates of salivary lactoferrin (Lac) and lysozyme (Lys) in heat-not-burn (HNB) cigarette smokers and non-smokers. The analysis population for this study included 212 members of the fire department, including 32 HNB cigarette smokers, 17 paper cigarette smokers, 14 combined HNB and paper cigarette smokers, and 149 non-smokers...
December 31, 2022: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)