3 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Cytotoxic effects of quartz and chrysotile asbestos: in vitro interspecies comparison with alveolar macrophages
…in vitro. The type of cell reaction toward the cytotoxic dusts was always the same: a loss of cell viability (trypan blue dye exclusion test) was accompanied by the release of cytoplasmic and lysosomal enzymes. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Distinctive profile of alveolar macrophage-derived cytokine release induced by fibrogenic and nonfibrogenic mineral dusts
…BAL) for BAL cell populations and cytokine production in conjunction with histopathological assessment of lung tissue. Chrysotile B and short 4T30 chrysotile fibers induced chronic inflammatory reactions characterized by alveolar macrophage (AM) accumulation that resulted, respectively…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Method for removing the ferruginous coating from asbestos bodies
…treatment consisted of an 8% oxalic acid bath used at various temperatures. It was determined that at 75 degrees C the reaction resulted in removal of the ferruginous coat, leaving an exposed core for further analysis…