An in vitro model to evaluate the inflammatory response after gaseous formaldehyde exposure of lung epithelial cells

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 195, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 99-105

  Persoz, Charles ^a   Achard, Sophie ^a   Leleu, Christopher ^a   Momas, Isabelle ^a   Seta, Nathalie ^a,b  

^a AP HP   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

A549 cells; Air liquid interface; Cytokines; Formaldehyde; In vitro; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SODIUM 2,3 BIS(2 METHOXY 4 NITRO 5 SULFOPHENYL) 5 [(PHENYLAMINO)CARBONYL] 2H TETRAZOLIUM INNER SALT; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIZATION;

CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOKINE CCL2; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORMALDEHYDE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77952548992     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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