[5] Diagnosis [edit] Classification [edit] Poikiloderma vasculare atrophicans, or PVA, indicates that extra or altered skin pigmentation ("poikiloderma") [10] is occurring, associated with heightened visibity of capillaries ("vasculare", referring to telangiectasia) under the skin, related to thinning and wasting away ("atrophicans") of the skin and its tissue
Vimentin has also been found to be upregulated in smokers and COPD [67, 68, 74, 75, 77, 78], and the expression of vimentin in the bronchial epithelium of COPD is associated with basement membrane thickening and airflow limitation [74]
Combined with how frequently people are vaping, he adds, its not clear at all how that influences that toxicity. Kicking the Habit If vapor devices were just used to transition away from cigarettes, they might not cause as alarm among public health researchers
Penning, T
19 March 2013