18 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Analysis of asbestos-induced gene expression changes in bronchiolar epithelial cells using laser capture microdissection and quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
…Extraction of RNA from microdissected tissue followed by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain (QRT-PCR) reaction permits the analysis of cell-type or microstructure-specific gene expression changes that occur in response to various stimuli in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Asbestos bodies: clues to the mechanism of asbestos toxicity?
…lung, ascorbate was oxidized to oxalate in the presence of H2O2, a reaction inhibited by the iron chelator deferoxamine. The author called this a novel mechanism that may contribute to the pathogenicity of asbestos fibers. Oxidation…
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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 · 2001
Study of inflammatory responses to crocidolite and basalt wool in the rat lung
…dehydrogenase (LDH) activity were determined in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Both types of fibers induced a prolonged inflammatory reaction in the lung. All the parameters studied in the experimental groups were more markedly elevated after 3…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Ascorbic acid modifies the surface of asbestos: possible implications in the molecular mechanisms of toxicity
…consequence of the erosion of the outmost layers while hydration of silica tetrahedra yields new silanol groups. The activity in the Fenton-like reaction (OH from H(2)O(2)) decreases following surface iron depauperation. Conversely…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Free radical generation in the toxicity of inhaled mineral particles: the role of iron speciation at the surface of asbestos and silica
…1.3 to 29 nmol/mg. It also increased one radical reaction, breaking a carbon-hydrogen bond, about 3-fold, while heating in air fully stopped that reaction. The other reaction, hydroxyl radical release from hydrogen…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Changes in DNA 8-hydroxyguanine levels, 8-hydroxyguanine repair activity, and hOGG1 and hMTH1 mRNA expression in human lung alveolar epithelial cells induced by crocidolite asbestos
…and human MUtT homologue (hMTH1). This was done using a high-performance liquid chromatography system equipped with an electrochemical detector, endonuclease nicking assay and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Crocidolite induced the formation of 8…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Characteristics and modifying factors of asbestos-induced oxidative DNA damage
…Natural iron chelators, such as citrate, adenosine 5'-triphosphate and guanosine 5'-triphosphate, did not inhibit this reaction. Second, we used time-lapse video microscopy to evaluate how cells cope with asbestos fibers. RAW264.7 cells…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Potential toxicity of nonregulated asbestiform minerals: balangeroite from the western Alps. Part 3: Depletion of antioxidant defenses
…crocidolite incubation. This effect was not related to any increased content of oxidized glutathione, or to any enhanced efflux of glutathione, suggesting that balangeroite fibers, like crocidolite, might favor the reaction of GSH with other molecules.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Oxalate deposition on asbestos bodies
…vitro generated approximately 42 nmol of oxalate in 24 hours. Oxalate generation was diminished significantly by the inclusion of either deferoxamine or dimethylthiourea in the reaction mixture. Incubation of asbestos bodies and uncoated fibers isolated from…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Crocidolite induces cell transformation and p53 gene mutation in BALB/c-3T3 cells
…foci and subjected to mutational analysis. Eleven exons of the p53 gene from eight transformed cell lines were analyzed for alterations using polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP). Alterations were found in seven…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
In vitro cleavage by asbestos fibers of the fifth component of human complement through free-radical generation and kallikrein activation
…role in inflammatory reactions characteristic of asbestosis through mechanisms involving iron ions, hydroxyl radicals, and oxidized C5-ike fragments. The ferrous ions present at the asbestos fiber surface trigger this activation and catalyze, via Fenton reaction…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Absence of carcinogenic response to multiwall carbon nanotubes in a 2-year bioassay in the peritoneal cavity of the rat
…fibers have been suggested. We previously reported that multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) induced lung inflammation, granulomas and fibrotic reactions. The same MWCNT also caused mutations in epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo. These inflammatory and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) as hazard marker for lung injury induced by dusts
…fibrosis were present in those exposed to SiCW and PT-1. The expression of CGRP in rat lung was observed by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and enzyme immunometric assay (EIA). In RT-PCR…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Localised spontaneous regression in mesothelioma -- possible immunological mechanism
…lobe. Blood samples from her last 11 months showed antibodies against mesothelioma. Two of these reactions faded and one stayed stable. The authors judged this strong circumstantial evidence linking the immune cells to the regression. They…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Scanning electron microscopical investigations of broncho-alveolar casts after intratracheal asbestos fibre instillation
…the pleural space could not be explained satisfactorily. Histomorphological examinations showed that intratracheal instillation of asbestos fibres leads to parabronchial and intraalveolar granulomatous tissue reactions and bronchial epithelial regenerations. For further elucidation of the pathogenesis of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Imatinib mesylate inhibits fibrogenesis in asbestos-induced interstitial pneumonia
…growth factor receptor (PDGFR) and c-Kit tyrosine kinases, has been shown to inhibit fibrosis and profibrotic signaling in mouse models of inflammation-mediated lung reactions. The authors tested imatinib mesylate in vivo in a mouse…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 14, 2006 · in the opinion
Quarles v. Advocate Mines Limited (2006)
…something beyond asbestosis, and with asbestosis, you see scarring not seen with the other forms. With the scarring and other complications of asbestos, particularly pleural reactions, come a greater risk of developing cancer. Also, while age…