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- Title
Combined effect of cigarette smoke and mineral fibers on the gene expression of cytokine mRNA.
- Authors
Morimoto, Yasuo; Tsuda, Tohru; Hori, Hajime; Yamato, Hiroshi; Ohgami, Akira; Higashi, Toshiaki; Nagata, Nobuhiko; Kido, Masamitsu; Tanaka, Isamu
- Abstract
Investigates the combined effect of cigarette smoke and mineral fibers on the gene expression of cytokine mRNA by examining the level of cytokine mRNA from alveolar macrophages and lungs of rats exposed to mineral fibers and cigarette smokes in vivo. Total cell counts of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in rats exposed to mineral fibers and cigarette smokes in vivo.
- Subjects
CIGARETTE smoke; CYTOKINES; MESSENGER RNA; HEALTH
- Publication
Environmental Health Perspectives, 1999, Vol 107, Issue 6, p495
- ISSN
0091-6765
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1289/ehp.99107495