Role of oxidative stress in sulfur mustard-induced pulmonary injury and antioxidant protection

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 659-672

  Tahmasbpour, Eisa ^a   Reza Emami, Seyed ^a   Ghanei, Mostafa ^a   Panahi, Yunes ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; pulmonary damage; signaling pathways; sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MUSTARD GAS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; TISSUE STRUCTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HUMANS; LUNG INJURY; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSTARD GAS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84947493535     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2015.1092184     Document Type: Review

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