c-jun mRNA Expression and Profilin mRNA Amplification in Rat Alveolar Macrophages Exposed to Volcanic Ash and Sulfur Dioxide

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-319

  Samukawa, Takuya ^a   Arasidan, Keiichi ^b   Hori, Hajime ^b   Hirano, Hideyasu ^b   Arima, Terukatsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

c jun; Exposure; Macrophages; Profilin; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROFILIN; PROTEIN C JUN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBRIN FORMATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; VOLCANIC ASH;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FRAXINUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0142178042     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.313     Document Type: Article

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