Cellular and molecular mechanisms of asbestos-induced fibrosis

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-166

  Robledo, Raymond ^a   Mossman, Brooke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MINERAL FIBERS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 0033030947     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199908)180:2<158::AID-JCP3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Review

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