Diesel exhaust particles suppress macrophage function and slow the pulmonary clearance of Listeria monocytogenes in rats.

In this study, we tested the hypothesis that exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEP) may increase susceptibility of the host to pulmonary infection. Male Sprague-Dawley rats received a single dose of DEP (5 mg/kg), carbon black (CB, 5 mg/kg), or saline intratracheally. Three days later, the rats...

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Autores principales: Yang, H M, Antonini, J M, Barger, M W, Butterworth, L, Roberts, B R, Ma, J K, Castranova, V, Ma, J Y
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2001
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11401764

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