Mechanism of endotoxin action and pattern of diseases

Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 351-353

  Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Liebers, Verena ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL ACTIVITY; COUGHING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FEVER; GENE INTERACTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALAISE; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 47049096276     PISSN: 09498036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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