Bacterial strains from moldy buildings are highly potent inducers of inflammatory and cytotoxic effects

Indoor Air, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 65-70

  Hirvonen, M R ^a   Huttunen, K ^a   Roponen, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cytotoxicity; Fungi; In vitro; Inflammation; Macrophages

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL CELL; ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM SPINULOSUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOMYCES CALIFORNICUS;

ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BACILLUS CEREUS; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; PENICILLIUM SPINULOSUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; STREPTOMYCES CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 20444422580     PISSN: 09085920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00345.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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