Coal Fly Ash Impairs Airway Antimicrobial Peptides and Increases Bacterial Growth

Air pollution is a risk factor for respiratory infections, and one of its main components is particulate matter (PM), which is comprised of a number of particles that contain iron, such as coal fly ash (CFA). Since free iron concentrations are extremely low in airway surface liquid (ASL), we hypothe...

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Autores principales: Borcherding, Jennifer A., Chen, Haihan, Caraballo, Juan C., Baltrusaitis, Jonas, Pezzulo, Alejandro A., Zabner, Joseph, Grassian, Vicki H., Comellas, Alejandro P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057673

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057673

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