Tight junction disruption by cadmium in an in vitro human airway tissue model

BACKGROUND: The cadmium (Cd) present in air pollutants and cigarette smoke has the potential of causing multiple adverse health outcomes involving damage to pulmonary and cardiovascular tissue. Injury to pulmonary epithelium may include alterations in tight junction (TJ) integrity, resulting in impa...

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Autores principales: Cao, Xuefei, Lin, Haixia, Muskhelishvili, Levan, Latendresse, John, Richter, Patricia, Heflich, Robert H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25851441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0191-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25851441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-015-0191-9

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