Toxic effects following phosgene exposure of human epithelial lung cells in vitro using a CULTEX® system

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2080-2087

  Wijte, Dorien ^a   Alblas, Marcel J ^a   Noort, Daan ^a   Langenberg, Jan P ^a   van Helden, Herman P M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A549; CULTEX ; Phosgene; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HEME OXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 8; PHOSGENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSGENE; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 82655173828     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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