Open AccessEffects of Airway Exposure to Nanoparticles on Lung Inflammation Induced by Bacterial Endotoxin in Mice
Author(s) -
Kenichiro Inoue,
Hirohisa Takano,
Rie Yanagisawa,
Seishiro Hirano,
Miho Sakurai,
Akinori Shimada,
Toshikazu Yoshikawa
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.8903
Subject(s) - inflammation , proinflammatory cytokine , lung , lipopolysaccharide , chemistry , oxidative stress , immunology , in vivo , medicine , biology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
Although adverse health effects of particulate matter with a diameter of < 100 nm (nanoparticles) have been proposed, molecular and/or experimental evidence for their facilitation of lung inflammation in vivo is not fully defined.
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