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Why does the hemolytic activity of silica predict its pro-inflammatory activity?
BACKGROUND: The hemolytic activity of inhaled particles such as silica has been widely investigated in the past and represents a usual toxicological endpoint to characterize particle reactivity despite the fact that red blood cells (RBCs) are not involved in the pathogenesis of pulmonary inflammatio...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25522817 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12989-014-0076-y |