TREATMENT FOR NICOTINE-INDUCED LUNG DISEASE USING PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONISTS

摘要

This invention provides pertains to the discovery that that nicotine interrupts molecular signaling between endodermal and mesodermal cells of the lung alveolus. Treatment of the lung with specific molecular agents (e.g., PPAR gamma agonists) can prevent and/or reverse the injury caused by nicotine.