Pulmonary and pleural inflammation after intratracheal instillation of short single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 257, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-37

  Fujita, Katsuhide ^a,b   Fukuda, Makiko ^b   Endoh, Shigehisa ^b   Maru, Junko ^b   Kato, Haruhisa ^b,c   Nakamura, Ayako ^c   Shinohara, Naohide ^a,b   Uchino, Kanako ^b   Honda, Kazumasa ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes TASC   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intratracheal instillation; Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs); Pleural inflammation; Pulmonary inflammation; Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)

Indexed keywords

CCL9 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MATRILYSIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 3; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 5; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; OSTEOPONTIN; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTACOID; CARBON NANOTUBE; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRATRACHEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAVAGE FLUID; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURAL CAVITY LAVAGE FLUID; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; GENETICS; LUNG; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; TIME FACTOR; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PLEURA; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84973569087     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.05.025     Document Type: Article

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