3 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Alveolar macrophage stimulation of lung fibroblast growth in asbestos-induced pulmonary fibrosis
…proliferation, and collagen deposition. To evaluate the potential involvement of alveolar macrophages in the subsequent fibrogenic reaction, the authors studied the effects of macrophages from normal and asbestos-treated rats upon lung fibroblast proliferation in vitro…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
Cytokine regulation of lung fibroblast proliferation. Pulmonary and systemic changes in asbestos-induced pulmonary fibrosis
…later loss of the blood-cell inhibitor may be a consequence or amplifier of fibrosis. They noted that, given the injection method, their data do not relate to very early reactions to low-level inhaled asbestos.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Asbestos-related increase in pulmonary levels of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)
…the pathogenesis of asbestos-related diseases. Exposure to asbestos causes chronic inflammatory reactions in the lung which may lead to fibrosis (1) and increase the incidence of pleuropulmonary cancers (2). Little is known concerning the biochemical…