Cigarette-Smoke-Induced Dysregulation of MicroRNA Expression and Its Role in Lung Carcinogenesis
Figure 2
Persistence of miRNA in lung tissue: cartoon of a graph adapted from [36] of the intensity of expression of 697 miRNAs in the lung tissue of untreated mice or mice exposed to 438 mg/m3 TPM of cigarette smoke for 4 weeks. The mice were sacrificed either immediately (1 day) or 1 week after cessation. The blue to red gradient represents the least to most intense miRNA expressions, respectively. The graph reveals that most of the changes in miRNA expression were reversed after 1 week of cessation.
