Exposure to submicron particles (PM1.0) from diesel exhaust and pollen allergens of human lung epithelial cells induces morphological changes of mitochondria tonifilaments and rough endoplasmic reticulum

In Vivo

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 557-562

  Mazzarella, Gennaro ^a   Lucariello, Angela ^a   Bianco, Andrea ^b   Calabrese, Cecilia ^a   Thanassoulas, Theodoros ^a   Savarese, Leonilde ^a   Fiumarella, Angelamaria ^a   Esposito, Vincenzo ^a   De Luca, Antonio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

A549 cell line; Human epithelial airway model; Particles; Submicron PM; TEM

Indexed keywords

POLLEN ANTIGEN; ALLERGEN; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

A549 CELL LINE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MITOCHONDRIA TONIFILAMENT; MITOCHONDRION; PARIETARIA; PARIETARIA OFFICINALIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIBOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; PATHOLOGY; POLLEN; TOXICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLERGENS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84908001617     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: 17917549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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