Biological effects and comparative cytotoxicity of thermal transformed asbestos-containing materials in a human alveolar epithelial cell line

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1521-1531

  Giantomassi, Federica ^a   Gualtieri, Alessandro F ^b   Santarelli, Lory ^a   Tomasetti, Marco ^a   Lusvardi, Gigliola ^b   Lucarini, Guendalina ^a   Governa, Mario ^a   Pugnaloni, Armanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alveolar epithelial cells; Asbestos cement; Cytotoxicity; Thermal transformation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TETRAZOLIUM;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

APOPTOSIS; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CERAMICS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PNEUMOCYTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 77956171431     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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