Once again, I just came across another poster citing wickipedia as a source. This one was for facts about nicotine. I don't mean to offend anyone here, but as stated on the wikipedia site, anyone can post and edit entries on the site and as a result, the information is not validated.
One of the 'facts' stated about nicotine on wikipedia that jumped out at me was:
Nicotine has been noted to directly cause cancer through a number of different mechanisms such as the activation of MAP Kinases
Nicotine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So I looked at the reference and searched and found the site:
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i46/7428.htm
Yep, that statement was on the site and was referenced to a study on pancreatic cancer in mice. So I found the site with the study:
Chronic pancreatic inflammation induced b... [Am J Gastroenterol. 2006] - PubMed - NCBI
Two things stood out:
RESULTS:
In 58% (7/12) of the animals, exposure to 160 mg/m3 TSP cigarette smoke induced a chronic pancreatic inflammatory process with fibrosis and scarring of pancreatic acinar structures.
CONCLUSIONS:
This study provides experimental evidence of morphological pancreatic damage induced by the inhalation of cigarette smoke, which is likely to be mediated by alterations of acinar cell function.
So from this study, someone concludes that 'nicotene' causes cancer when in fact, the study was about 'smoking'. And if you do a google, it's amazing how many other sites use the information from the wikipedia site as 'facts' about nicotine. If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct.
One of the 'facts' stated about nicotine on wikipedia that jumped out at me was:
Nicotine has been noted to directly cause cancer through a number of different mechanisms such as the activation of MAP Kinases
Nicotine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So I looked at the reference and searched and found the site:
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i46/7428.htm
Yep, that statement was on the site and was referenced to a study on pancreatic cancer in mice. So I found the site with the study:
Chronic pancreatic inflammation induced b... [Am J Gastroenterol. 2006] - PubMed - NCBI
Two things stood out:
RESULTS:
In 58% (7/12) of the animals, exposure to 160 mg/m3 TSP cigarette smoke induced a chronic pancreatic inflammatory process with fibrosis and scarring of pancreatic acinar structures.
CONCLUSIONS:
This study provides experimental evidence of morphological pancreatic damage induced by the inhalation of cigarette smoke, which is likely to be mediated by alterations of acinar cell function.
So from this study, someone concludes that 'nicotene' causes cancer when in fact, the study was about 'smoking'. And if you do a google, it's amazing how many other sites use the information from the wikipedia site as 'facts' about nicotine. If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct.
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