Microbiological and toxicological hazards in sewage treatment plant bioaerosol and dust

J Szulc, M Okrasa, K Majchrzycka, M Sulyok, A Nowak… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite the awareness that work in the sewage treatment plant is associated with biological
hazards, they have not been fully recognised so far. The research aims to comprehensively …

Embelin alleviates severe airway inflammation in OVA-LPS-induced rat model of allergic asthma

S Azman, M Sekar, S Wahidin, SH Gan… - Journal of asthma …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Asthma is a chronic lung disease, which causes wheezing, tightness in the
chest, shortness of breath and coughing. In the wake of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Advanced pathophysiology mimicking lung models for accelerated drug discovery

TH Phan, H Shi, CE Denes, AJ Cole, Y Wang… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Background Respiratory diseases are the 2 nd leading cause of death globally. The current
treatments for chronic lung diseases are only supportive. Very few new classes of …

Effect of molecular weight of polyethylene glycol (PEG), a hydrate inhibitive water-based drilling fluid additive, on the formation and dissociation kinetics of methane …

D Mech, JS Sangwai - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Polyethylene glycol (PEG), a water-soluble polymer, has been widely used as the most
promising polymer for designing hydrate inhibitive water-based drilling fluids. Studies …

Evaluation of pulmonary toxicity of benzalkonium chloride and triethylene glycol mixtures using in vitro and in vivo systems

D Kwon, YM Lim, JT Kwon, I Shim, E Kim… - Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) is a widely used disinfectant/preservative, and respiratory
exposure to this compound has been reported to be highly toxic. Spray‐form household …

Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of novel imidazolium-based ionic liquids

Ł Pałkowski, M Karolak, A Skrzypczak, M Wojcieszak… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, a series of 10 novel 1-methyl-3-octyloxymethylimidazolium derivatives carrying
various anionic moieties (4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate, benzenesulfonate …

Anti-inflammatory effects of embelin in A549 cells and human asthmatic airway epithelial tissues

IS Lee, DH Cho, KS Kim, KH Kim, J Park… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Allergic asthma is the most common type in asthma, which is defined as a chronic
inflammatory disease of the lung. In this study, we investigated whether embelin (Emb), the …

Human pluripotent stem cell-derived alveolar epithelial cells are alternatives for in vitro pulmotoxicity assessment

HR Heo, J Kim, WJ Kim, SR Yang, SS Han, SJ Lee… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) provide new
opportunities for understanding lung development and the treatment of pulmonary diseases …

Assessing the performance of non-toxic nanomagnetic modified deep eutectic solvents for tetracycline adsorption: Taguchi approach for optimization

CS Lasu, M Muhamad, NNSNM Kamal… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this research, a relatively new and environmentally benign deep eutectic solvent (DES),
composed of ethylene glycol and 1-butylimidazole, was chosen as a modifier in magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of anti-cancer drug efficacy via thermosensitive hydrogel in peritoneal carcinomatosis in gastric cancer

TS Han, K Hur, B Choi, JY Lee, SJ Byeon, J Min, J Yu… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) of gastric origin has a poor prognosis with short survival due
to lack of effective therapeutic modalities. Here, we evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of an …