Mechanisms of lung fibrosis induced by carbon nanotubes: Towards an Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP)

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Vietti, Giulia ^a   Lison, Dominique ^a   van den Brule, Sybille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AOP; Carbon nanotube; Epithelial cell; Fibroblast; Lung fibrosis; Macrophage; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; SCLEROPROTEIN; AUTACOID;

ADVERSE OUTCOME PATHWAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MACROPHAGE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPOSURE; LUNG; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84978700546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12989-016-0123-y     Document Type: Review

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