Grain dust and alveolar macrophages: an experimental study of the effects of grain dust on the mouse lung.

Authors :: Armanious M
Cotton D
Wright J
Dosman J
Carr I
Source :: The Journal of pathology [J Pathol] 1982 Apr; Vol. 136 (4), pp. 265-72.
Publication Year :: 1982
Abstract: Exposure of mice to grain dust in a dusting chamber for 2-80 days led to a pulmonary macrophage response but no interstitial pulmonary damage. The macrophages contained prominent paracrystalline cytoplasmic inclusions.

Subjects :: Animals
Inclusion Bodies ultrastructure
Mice
Microscopy, Electron
Time Factors
Dust
Edible Grain toxicity
Macrophages ultrastructure
Pulmonary Alveoli ultrastructure

Full Text Access

Tools