Asbestos induces inflammatory cytokines in the lung through redox sensitive transcription factors

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 271-275

  Luster, Michael I ^a   Simeonova, Petia P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cytokines; Inflammation; Lung

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ASBESTOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASBESTOS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LUNG; NF-KAPPA B; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0032421131     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00321-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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