•Pathophysiological effects of cigarette smoke

 

–The apoptotic effects of cigarette exposure on

 maternal and fetal tissues of Swiss Webster mice

 

–The effects of cigarette smoke exposure on

 uterine calcification in mice

 

–The effects of cigarette smoke on the liver and

 brain phospholipid composition of Swiss

 Webster mice

 

–The effects of cigarette smoke exposure on

 angiogenic gene expression in chick embryos

 

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Thymus showing lymphocytes, fat cells and connective tissue Hassall's corpuscle of thymus Mouse blood showing erythrocyte (A) and leukocyte (B).  Characteristics of apoptosis:1.  Cytoplasmic blebbing, 2. Nuclear condensation, 3.  Nuclelar blebbing, and 4.  Cell shrinkage.