Cell separation by counterflow centrifugal elutriation (CCE) or free flow electrophoresis
(FFE) is performed at lower frequency than cell cloning and antibody-dependent, magnetic …

Several studies have shown that particles of smaller size may be more potent than larger to
induce inflammatory and toxic responses in cultured lung cells. However, the relative …

Inhalation is an important route of cadmium (Cd) exposure, and the lung is considered to be
one of the main target organs of Cd toxicity. Pulmonary inflammation seems to be involved in …

Culture of Epithelial Cells was first published in 1992, and, although many of the basic
techniques described have not changed materially, there are a number of significant …

In this study we show that benzo [a] pyrene (B [a] P) and the cyclopenta polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (CP-PAH) cyclopenta [c, d] pyrene (CPP), benz [j] aceanthrylene (B [j] A) and …

Exposure to fluorides can induce inflammatory reactions, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis in
different experimental systems. Fluorides are known G-protein activators, but less is known …

The lung is a target organ for cadmium (Cd) toxicity. Apoptosis induced by cadmium acetate
(CdAc) was studied in alveolar type 2 cells and Clara cells isolated from rat lung. Relatively …

Given that there are widely different prevalence rates of respiratory allergies and asthma
between the countries of Europe and that exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) is …

Rat lung alveolar macrophages and type 2 cells were exposed for 20 h in vitro to various
stone particles with differing contents of metals and minerals (a type of mylonite, gabbro …

Crystalline silica has been shown to trigger pulmonary inflammation both in vivo and in vitro,
but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study we focus on …