One interesting study is called, "In vitro approaches for determining mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenicity by asbestos in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts." By B T Mossman - Environ Health Perspect. 1983 November; 53: 155–161. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract Organ and cell cultures of gastrointestinal and tracheobronchial epithelium have been used to document both the interaction of asbestos with mucosal cells and...more
One interesting study is called, "A retrospective mortality cohort study of chrysotile asbestos products workers in Tianjin 1972–1987" by Wei-nan Cheng and Jian Kong - Environmental Research - Volume 59, Issue 1, October 1992, Pages 271-278. Here is an excerpt: "The mortality rate of a cohort of asbestos workers was investigated in Tianjin, China, between January 1, 1972, and December 31, 1987. The cohort consisted of 662 males...more
One interesting study is called, "Asbestos-induced lung inflammation" by Marek Rola-Pleszczynski, Sylvie Gouin and Raymond Bégin - Inflammation Volume 8, Number 1, 53-62. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - In a recently developed sheep model of progressive low-dose pulmonary exposure to asbestos, initial alveolar lymphocyte and macrophage activation was followed by pulmonary neutrophilia in higher-dose exposed animals. This was observed after 18 months of exposure to intratracheal instillations of asbestos fibers and coincided with progressive alveolitis and decreased lung compliance. Alveolar macrophages from those animals were found to produce a chemotactic factor which attracted in vitro peripheral blood neutrophils. It attracted neutrophils more efficiently from higher-exposure than lower-exposure animals. Supernatants of control macrophages exposed to asbestos in vitro were also chemotactic for PMN. Similarly, bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from the animals showed chemotactic activity for peripheral blood neutrophils. It is suggested that chronic exposure to asbestos activates alveolar macrophages to produce chemotactic factors which in turn attract neutrophils...more
One interesting study is called, "Asbestos exposure enhances the release of fibroblast growth factor by sheep alveolar macrophages." By Lemaire I, Rola-Pleszczynski M, Bégin R. - J Reticuloendothel Soc. 1983 Apr;33(4):275-85. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - Interaction between free airway cells (FAC) and lung fibroblasts was...more
One interesting study is called, "Histologic type of lung cancer and asbestos exposure" by Oscar Auerbach MD, Lawrence Garfinkel MA, Verta R. Parks BS, Alfred S. Conston MD, Vincent A. Galdi MD, Lou Jouberti,- Cancer Volume 54, Issue 12, pages 3017–3021, 15 December 1984. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - The histologic types of...more
The definition of arthritis is having an inflammation of the joints. The disease may appear at any time of age affecting both male and female of every nationality. This disease is popular throughout history. Records showed its presence since time had begun. Thus, its treatment and remedies had been passed to us from generation beforehand.The inflammation of the joints affects the skeletal muscles, bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and joints of males and females. The onset of these conditions may be acute or having severe and intense symptoms on short duration. Sometimes the symptoms may disappear, absent and reduced. Other persons that acquired the disease may experience arthritis back pain and arthritis neck pain today and may not feel the pain on the next day.To understand clearly the anatomy and physiology of the disease, one must know the functions of joints. The primary function of the joints is movement. Each of them is given a range of motion and that movement varies from every person. The normal skeletal joint or ligaments is smooth and nearly friction free. Inside that bone are synovial membranes with synovial fluids in it. The synovial fluids are the...more
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