SWCNT suppress inflammatory mediator responses in human lung epithelium in vitro

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 378-390

  Herzog, Eva ^a   Byrne, Hugh J ^a   Casey, Alan ^a   Davoren, Maria ^a   Lenz, Anke Gabriele ^b   Maier, Konrad L ^b   Duschl, Albert ^c   Oostingh, Gertie Janneke ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

A549 cell line; Dipalmitoylphosphatidyl choline (DPPC); Inflammatory mediators; Lung epithelium; Lung surfactant; Nanoparticles; NHBE cell line; Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT)

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LUNG SURFACTANT; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN A549; CELL STRAIN NHBE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG FLUID; MACROPHAGE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LUNG; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 58649100897     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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