The Phagocytosis and Toxicity of Amorphous Silica

BACKGROUND: Inhalation of crystalline silica is known to cause an inflammatory reaction and chronic exposure leads to lung fibrosis and can progress into the disease, silicosis. Cultured macrophages bind crystalline silica particles, phagocytose them, and rapidly undergo apoptotic and necrotic death...

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Autores principales: Costantini, Lindsey M., Gilberti, Renée M., Knecht, David A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21311600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014647

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21311600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014647

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