Circulating levels of interleukin-18 in asbestos-exposed workers

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 125-129

  Gangemi, Sebastiano ^a   Rapisarda, Venerando ^a   Minciullo, Paola Lucia ^a   di Pasquale, Giuseppe ^a   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^a   Valentino, Matteo ^b   Fenga, Concettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

asbestos exposure; interleukin 18; proinflammatory cytokine; pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 23844552169     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233705th221oa     Document Type: Article

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