Organic extracts from African dust storms stimulate oxidative stress and induce inflammatory responses in human lung cells through Nrf2 but not NF-?B.

Rodr?guez-Cotto RI, Ortiz-Mart?nez MG, Jim?nez-V?lez BD. Organic extracts from African dust storms stimulate oxidative stress and induce inflammatory responses in human lung cells through Nrf2 but not NF-?B. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2015 Mar; 39(2):845-56.

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subject areas

Acetylcysteine
Africa
Air Movements
Air Pollutants
Cell Line
Deferoxamine
Dust
Glutathione S-Transferase pi
Heme Oxygenase-1
Humans
Inflammation
Interleukin-6
Interleukin-8
Lung
NF-E2-Related Factor 2
NF-kappa B
Oxidative Stress
Puerto Rico
Reactive Oxygen Species
RNA, Messenger

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Braulio Jimenez

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