Enhancement of nitric oxide production by pulmonary cells following silica exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1998, Pages 1165-1169

  Castranova, Vincent ^a,c   Huffman, Linda J ^a   Judy, Deloris J ^a   Bylander, John E ^b   Lapp, Leroy N ^b   Weber, Susan L ^b   Blackford, John A ^b   Dey, Richard D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Coal miners; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide production; Silica exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL IRON; COAL; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CELL INTERACTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COAL WORKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031731239     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s51165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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