Persistent endothelial dysfunction in humans after diesel exhaust inhalation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-400

  Törnqvist, Håkan ^a   Mills, Nicholas L ^b   Gonzalez, Manuel ^a   Miller, Mark R ^b   Robinson, Simon D ^b   Megson, Ian L ^c   MacNee, William ^d   Donaldson, Ken ^d   Söderberg, Stefan ^a   Newby, David E ^b   Sandström, Thomas ^a   Blomberg, Anders ^a,e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Blood flow; Diesel exhaust; Endothelium; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; CYTOKINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PADGEM PROTEIN; PYROGALLOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXHAUST GAS; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRADYKININ; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREARM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; P-SELECTIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 34547953401     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200606-872OC     Document Type: Article

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