title: Response to letter by Dr. Marc Hershenson (exposure of airway smooth muscle cells to cigarette smoke extract).
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
authors.forename: Bharathi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aravamudan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delmotte
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vassallo
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
authors.forename: Gary C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sieck
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and.
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pabelick
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and prakash.ys@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Prakash
mesh_terms: D053938:DNA Fragmentation; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000473:pathology*; D028361:Mitochondrial Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial