Differences in gene expression and cytokine production by crystalline vs. amorphous silica in human lung epithelial cells

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Perkins, Timothy N ^a   Shukla, Arti ^a   Peeters, Paul M ^b   Steinbacher, Jeremy L ^c   Landry, Christopher C ^c   Lathrop, Sherrill A ^a   Steele, Chad ^d   Reynaert, Niki L ^b   Wouters, Emiel F M ^b   Mossman, Brooke T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEIN FOS; SILICON DIOXIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LUNG; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84856435305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-9-6     Document Type: Article

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