Pathological study of pulmonary toxicity induced by intratracheally instilled Asian sand dust (Kosa): Effects of lowered serum zinc level on the toxicity.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that low serum zinc concentration may induce the modulation of cytokine expression and lysosomal malfunction by phagocytotic and/or autophagic mechanisms, and may result in interstitial pyogranulomatous inflammation in the lungs of mice treated with ASD. PMID: 29577227 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29577227?dopt=Abstract

Source: Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica - March 28, 2018 Category: Cytology Tags: Folia Histochem Cytobiol Source Type: research