Cytotoxicity induced by exposure to natural and synthetic tremolite asbestos: An in vitro pilot study

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-112

  Pugnaloni, Armanda ^a   Giantomassi, Federica ^a   Lucarini, Guendalina ^a   Capella, Silvana ^b   Bloise, Andrea ^c   Di Primio, Roberto ^a   Belluso, Elena ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

A549 cells; Cytotoxicity; Immunohistochemistry; Mineralogical characterization; Natural tremolite asbestos; Phallodin; Synthetic tremolite asbestos

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ASBESTOS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CROCIDOLITE; F ACTIN; MINERAL FIBER; NATURAL TREMOLITE ASBESTOS; PROTEIN CDC42; SYNTHETIC TREMOLITE ASBESTOS; TREMOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL LABELING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ACTINS; APOPTOSIS; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; BETA CATENIN; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; PHALLOIDINE; PILOT PROJECTS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; X-RAYS;

EID: 84872416611     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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