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Grain dust and alveolar macrophages: An experimental study of the effects of grain dust on the mouse lung
Author(s) -
Armanious M.,
Cotton D.,
Wright J.,
Dosman J.,
Carr I.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711360402
Subject(s) - paracrystalline , alveolar macrophage , lung , macrophage , pathology , cytoplasm , chemistry , medicine , biochemistry , in vitro , crystallography
Exposure of mice to grain dust in a dusting chamber for 2–80 days led to a pulmonary macrophage response but no interstitial pulmonary damage. The macrophages contained prominent paracrystalline cytoplasmic inclusions.