Increases of thrombomodulin activity and antigen level on human umbilical vein endothelial cells treated with asbestos and man-made mineral fibers

Industrial Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-366

  Urano, Hajime ^a   Gotoh, Sadao ^b   Shirahata, Akira ^a   Higashi, Ken ^b   Karasaki, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Human umbilical vein endothelial cell; Man made mineral fibers; Procoagulant activity; Thrombomodulin

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER; CROCIDOLITE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MINERAL FIBER; PROCOAGULANT; THROMBOMODULIN;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0030807964     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.35.359     Document Type: Article

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