434 p., ]8[ p. of plates : ill. )some col.( ; 27 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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An introduction to particle toxicology: from coal mining to nanotechnology / Paul J.A. Borm and Ken Donaldson -- Mineralogy and structure of pathogenic particles / Tim Jones and Kelly BeruBe -- Particle dosimetry: deposition and clearance from the respiratory tract and translocation towards extra-pulmonary sites / Wolfgang G. Kreyling ... ]et al.[ -- Particulate air pollutants and small airway remodeling / Andrew Churg -- Particle-mediated extracellular oxidative stress in the lung / Frank J. Kelly and Ian S. Mudway -- Particles and cellular oxidative and nitrosative stress / Dale W. Porter, Stephen S. Leonard, and Vincent Castranova -- Interaction of particles with membranes / Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Samuel Schurch, and Peter Gehr -- Particle-associated metals and oxidative stress in signaling / James M. Samet and Andrew J. Ghio -- Proinflammatory effects of particles on macrophages and epithelial cells / Vicki Stone ... ]et al.[ -- Cell-signaling pathways elicited by particulates / Jamie E. Levis and Brooke T. Mossman -- Particle-associated organics and proinflammatory signaling / Francelyne Marano, Sonja Boland, and Armelle Baeza-Squiban -- The asbestos model of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: TNF-a and TGF-b1 as mediators of asbestos-induced lung fibrogenesis / Deborah E. Sullivan and Arnold R. Brody --An introduction to particle toxicology: from coal mining to nanotechnology / Paul J.A. Borm and Ken Donaldson -- Mineralogy and structure of pathogenic particles / Tim Jones and Kelly BeruBe -- Particle dosimetry: deposition and clearance from the respiratory tract and translocation towards extra-pulmonary sites / Wolfgang G. Kreyling ... ]et al.[ -- Particulate air pollutants and small airway remodeling / Andrew Churg -- Particle-mediated extracellular oxidative stress in the lung / Frank J. Kelly and Ian S. Mudway -- Particles and cellular oxidative and nitrosative stress / Dale W. Porter, Stephen S. Leonard, and Vincent Castranova -- Interaction of particles with membranes / Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Samuel Schurch, and Peter Gehr -- Particle-associated metals and oxidative stress in signaling / James M. Samet and Andrew J. Ghio -- Proinflammatory effects of particles on macrophages and epithelial cells / Vicki Stone ... ]et al.[ -- Cell-signaling pathways elicited by particulates / Jamie E. Levis and Brooke T. Mossman -- Particle-associated organics and proinflammatory signaling / Francelyne Marano, Sonja Boland, and Armelle Baeza-Squiban -- The asbestos model of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: an S. Mudway -- Particles and cellular oxidative and nitrosative stress / Dale W. Porter, Stephen S. Leonard, an