Ingested aggregates of ultrafine carbon particles and interferon-γ impair rat alveolar macrophage function

Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-315

  Lundborg, Margot ^a   Johansson, Anne ^a   Låstbom, Lena ^a   Camner, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages; Carbon; Infections; Interferon ; Oxidative metabolism; Particulate matter; Phagocytosis; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GAMMA INTERFERON;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032751823     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.3992     Document Type: Article

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