Acute exposure of mice to high-dose ultrafine carbon black decreases susceptibility to pneumococcal pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies suggest that inhalation of carbonaceous particulate matter from biomass combustion increases susceptibility to bacterial pneumonia. In vitro studies report that phagocytosis of carbon black by alveolar macrophages (AM) impairs killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae....

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Autores principales: Tellabati, Ananth, Fernandes, Vitor E, Teichert, Friederike, Singh, Rajinder, Rylance, Jamie, Gordon, Stephen, Andrew, Peter W, Grigg, Jonathan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20958976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-8977-7-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20958976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-8977-7-30

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