Data di Pubblicazione:
1998
Citazione:
Selected new developments in asbestos immunotoxicity / G.J. Rosenthal, E. Corsini, P. Simeonova. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. - ISSN 0091-6765. - 106:1(1998), pp. 159-169.
Abstract:
Research over the past three decades has shown that the mammalian immune system can be altered by the occupational exposure of asbestos. Early clinical studies generally focused on systemic observations of immune alteration such as the number and function of peripheral lymphocytes and monocytes. More recently as the regulatory influence of local immunity in health and disease becomes more defined, immunologic changes occurring in the lung, the primary target organ of asbestos, have been significant areas of investigation. This review will focus on recent studies that examine the influence of asbestos on pulmonary immunity as well as the role of host immune competence in asbestos-related disease.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Asbestos; Asbestosis; Fibrosis; Immunotoxicology; Iron; Macrophages; Mesothelioma; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen
Elenco autori:
G.J. Rosenthal, E. Corsini, P. Simeonova
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