Fine particulate matter from urban ambient and wildfire sources from California's San Joaquin Valley initiate differential inflammatory, oxidative stress, and xenobiotic responses in human bronchial epithelial cells

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1895-1905

  Nakayama Wong, L S ^a   Aung, H H ^b   Lame M W ^a   Wegesser, T C ^b   Wilson, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial epithelial cells; Particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRONCHI; CALIFORNIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CITIES; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIRES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 82655174002     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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