Cigarette smoke extracts and cadmium induce COX-2 expression through γ-secretase-mediated p38 MAPK activation in C6 astroglia cells

• Hyun Joung Lim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyun Joung Lim, Jung Hyun Park

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Brain Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong-eup, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea

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• Jung Hyun Park ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hyun Joung Lim, Jung Hyun Park

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Brain Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong-eup, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea

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• Chulman Jo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Brain Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong-eup, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea

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• Keejung Yoon,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

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• Young Ho Koh

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kohyoungho122@gmail.com

  Affiliation Division of Brain Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong-eup, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9934-5321

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