2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Pathologic changes in the small airways of the guinea pig after amosite asbestos exposure
… where these fibers penetrated the airway walls, an interstitial inflammatory and fibrotic reaction (asbestosis) occurred. It is concluded that 1) amosite asbestos produces diffuse abnormalities throughout the noncartilagenous airways and possibly the cartilagenous airways as well…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Mineral dusts directly induce epithelial and interstitial fibrogenic mediators and matrix components in the airway wall
…titanium dioxide. Explants were then maintained in air organ culture, and the expression of genes encoding for various mediators and matrix components assessed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). At 7 d, all dusts…