Reduced pulmonary function and increased pro-inflammatory cytokines in nanoscale carbon black-exposed workers

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Rong ^a,b   Dai, Yufei ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^a   Niu, Yong ^a   Meng, Tao ^a   Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Duan, Huawei ^a   Bin, Ping ^a   Ye, Meng ^a   Jia, Xiaowei ^a   Shen, Meili ^a   Yu, Shanfa ^c   Yang, Xiaofa ^d   Gao, Weimin ^e   Zheng, Yuxin ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Henan Provincial Institute of Occupational Health   (China)

^d Jiaozuo Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Nanoparticles; Occupational exposure; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; NANOPARTICLE; NANOSCALE CARBON BLACK; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; SOOT;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG HOMOGENATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMAL MID EXPIRATORY FLOW; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORKER; WORKPLACE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG; MANPOWER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PACKAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SOOT; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; POLYACETYLENES; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SOOT; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBACUTE;

EID: 84924250846     PISSN: 17438977     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12989-014-0073-1     Document Type: Article

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