Tumor necrosis factor alpha gene expression in human monocytic THP-1 cells exposed to beryllium

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Galbraith, Gillian M P ^a   Pandey, Janardan P ^a   Schmidt, Michael G ^a   Arnaud, Philippe ^a   Goust, Jean Michel ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRANULOMA; MONOCYTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029866679     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1996.9935990     Document Type: Article

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