Effects of PM2.5 collected from Cache Valley Utah on genes associated with the inflammatory response in human lung cells

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1731-1744

  Watterson, Todd L ^a   Sorensen, Jared ^a   Martin, Randy ^b   Coulombe Jr , Roger A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 12; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKINS; LUNG; NITRATES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; UTAH;

EID: 34548824863     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701457746     Document Type: Article

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