3 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Early inflammatory response to asbestos exposure in rat and hamster lungs: role of inducible nitric oxide synthase
…inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) plays a role in the development of asbestos-related pulmonary disorders. The pulmonary reactions of rats and hamsters upon exposure to asbestos fibers are well known to be disparate. In addition…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Long and short fiber amosite asbestos alters at a different extent the redox metabolism in human lung epithelial cells
…cells A549, long amosite fibers, more effectively than the short ones, initiate free radical reactions, inhibit the glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and the pentose phosphate pathway, decrease the intracellular level of reduced glutathione, and increase…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Respiratory toxicity of multi-wall carbon nanotubes
…inflammation and fibrosis biochemically and histologically. CNT and ground CNT were still present in the lung after 60 days (80% and 40% of the lowest dose) and both induced inflammatory and fibrotic reactions. At 2 months…