Mechanisms of Lung Inflammation Following Exposure to Swine Barn Air

Mechanisms of Lung Inflammation Following Exposure to Swine Barn Air

Occupational exposure to endotoxin-rich swine barn air induces respiratory diseases and loss of lung function. Barn exposure induces recruitment of pulmonary intravascular monocytes/macrophages (PIMMs) and subsequent increased host sensitivity to <i>Escherichia coli</i> LPS challenge. Th...

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Main Author: Charavaryamath, Chandrashekhar
Other Authors: Singh, Baljit
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2008
Subjects:
lung
N-myristoyltransferase
swine barn air
lipopolysaccharide
calcineurin
Toll-like receptor-4
inflammation
occupational lung disease
airway hyperresponsiveness
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-09042008-124233/

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