Effect of exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on airway inflammatory response in mice

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 739-748

  Wang, Fan ^a,b   Li, Chonglei ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Jin, Yihe ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LUOYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Mice; Neurotrophin; NO signaling; Short term; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; EXPOSURE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 84865637599     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.739     Document Type: Article

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