Is smoking related to pancreatic fibrosis in humans?
To our knowledge, no study in humans had studied the effect of tobacco smoking on pancreatic tissue. We have demonstrated for the first time that current cigarette smoking is associated with total PF-specifically, intralobular PF-as compared with nonsmokers.
Our data supports the association of two novel loci, at 10q25.3 and 16q23.1, with risk of breast cancer.