A mechanistic review of silica-induced inhalation toxicity

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 363-377

  Kawasaki, Hajime ^a  

^a Chemical Health Science Japan Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

granulomas; IL 1 ; LPS; macrophages; silicosis; TGF ; TNF ; Quartz

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BETA INTERFERON; ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOREIGN BODY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MINERAL DUST; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; FIBROSIS; GENETICS; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; PARTICULATE MATTER; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOXICITY TESTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84939246226     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2015.1066905     Document Type: Article

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