Cytokines
New findings from Norwegian Institute of Public Health in the area of cytokines published
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 18th, 2010
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Cadmium-induced inflammatory responses in cells relevant for lung toxicity: Expression and release of cytokines in fibroblasts, epithelial cells and macrophages.' "Inhalation is an important route of cadmium (Cd) exposure, and the lung is considered to be one of the main target organs of Cd toxicity. Pulmonary inflammation seems to be involved in development of many lung diseases," scientists writing in the journal Toxicology Letters report.
"In the present study we show that Cd(2+) at fairly low concentrations affects gene expression of several different cytokines/chemokines in human M1 fibroblasts. The chemokines...
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