Environmental mold and mycotoxin exposures elicit specific cytokine and chemokine responses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Rosenblum Lichtenstein, Jamie H ^a,b   Hsu, Yi Hsiang ^a,c,d   Gavin, Igor M ^e   Donaghey, Thomas C ^a   Molina, Ramon M ^a   Thompson, Khristy J ^a   Chi, Chih Lin ^f   Gillis, Bruce S ^g   Brain, Joseph D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTERFERON; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; EOTAXIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FLT3 LIGAND; FRACTALKINE; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 9; IONOMYCIN; MOLD EXTRACT; MYCOTOXIN; SATRATOXIN G; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOULD; MULTIPLEX ASSAY; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; ANALYSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOMARKERS; CHEMOKINES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; IONOMYCIN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOTOXINS; TRICHOTHECENES;

EID: 84959278705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126926     Document Type: Article

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