Pulmonary toxicity after exposure to military-relevant heavy metal tungsten alloy particles

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-86

  Roedel, Erik Q ^a   Cafasso, Danielle E ^a   Lee, Karen W M ^a   Pierce, Lisa M ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Inflammation; Lung macrophage; Oxidative burst; Pulmonary toxicity; Tungsten alloy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALLOY; COBALT; CYTOKINE INDUCED NEUTROPHIL CHEMOATTRACTANT; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICKEL; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUNGSTEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN VITRO STUDY; INHALATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TOXICITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLIC STRESS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMONIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY BURST; SOLDIER;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COBALT; CYTOKINES; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IRON; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUNGSTEN;

RATTUS;

EID: 84857110069     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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