Effects of nicotine and obesity on metabolic parameters.

Abbreviations: BSA, bovine serum albumin; DSHB, Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank; GABA, γ-aminobutyric acid; GST, glutathione-S-transferase; KLH, keyhole limpet hemocyanin;...

Obesity and cigarette smoke are major cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and, when coexisting in the same individuals, have additive/synergistic effects upon CVD. We studied the...