Evidence from observational studies indicates that cigarette smoking is associated with increased MS risk, greater early-disease activity, faster disability accumulation, and earlier transition to secondary progressive MS
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Cigarette smoke-inactivated SIRT1 promotes autophagy-dependent senescence of alveolar epithelial type 2 cells to induce pulmonary fibrosis
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