title: Is nicotine the estrogen of lung cancer?
authors.forename: Eliot R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Spindel
mesh_terms: D002038:Bungarotoxins; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009538:Nicotine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000009:adverse effects; D011379:Prognosis; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D064569:alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
chemical_list: D002038:Bungarotoxins; D002273:Carcinogens; C579167:Chrna7 protein, human; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D009602:Nitrosamines; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D064569:alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor; D009538:Nicotine; C016583:4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone