Pro-inflammatory effects of metals in persons and animals exposed to tobacco smoke

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Milnerowicz, Halina ^a   Ściskalska, Milena ^a   Dul, Magdalena ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Inflammation; Metals; Oxidative stress; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; ASC PROTEIN; CADMIUM; CRYOPYRIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEAD; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NICKEL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; AUTACOID; METAL; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ANIMALS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84919703107     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2014.04.008     Document Type: Review

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