Vol. 27 (Suppl 2) 2006 Neuro endocrinology letters

Redox status and expression of chemokines in the rat lungs on exposure to asbestos and asbestos substituents.

OBJECTIVES: Activity of cytoplasmatic superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase,- and reductase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and expression of macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 and macrophage inhibitory protein-1alpha was determined in primary culture of rat alveolar macrophages and type II pneumocytes after exposure to stone-wo.....