1st Edition

Particle Toxicology

Edited By Ken Donaldson, Paul Borm Copyright 2006
460 Pages
by CRC Press

460 Pages
by CRC Press

456 Pages
by CRC Press

Exposure to particles in industry and mining and from accidental anthropogenic sources constitutes an ongoing threat. Most recently nanoparticles arising from advances in technology are exposing a wider population to pathogenic stimuli. The effects of inhaled particles are no longer confined to the lung as nanoparticles have the potential to translocate to the bloodstream, the brain, and other... Read more
An Introduction to Particle Toxicology: From Coal Mining
to Nanotechnology, Mineralogy and Structure of Pathogenic Particles, Particle Dosimetry: Deposition and Clearance from the Respiratory Tract and Translocation towards Extra-Pulmonary Sites, Particulate Air Pollutants and Small Airway Remodeling, Particle-Mediated Extracellular Oxidative Stress in the Lung, Particles and Cellular Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress, Interaction of Particles with Membranes, B. Rothen-Rutishauser, Particle-Associated Metals and Oxidative Stress in Signaling, Proinflammatory Effects of Particles on Macrophages and Epithelial Cells, Cell-Signaling Pathways Elicited by Particlates, Particle-Associated Organics and Proinflammatory Signaling, The Asbestos Model of Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis: TNF-a and TGF-b1 as Mediators of Asbestos-Induced Lung Fibrogenesis, Effects of Particles on the Immune System, Effects of Particles on the Cardiovascular System, Susceptibility to Particle Effects, Genotoxic Effects of Particles, Approaches to the Toxicological Testing of Particles, K. Donaldson, Models for Testing the Pulmonary Toxicity of Particles: Lund Bioassay Screening Studies in Male Rats with a New Formulation of TiO2 Particulates, Air Pollution and Human Brain Pathology: A Role for Air Pollutants in the Pathogensis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Biologically-Based Lung Dosimetry and Exposure-Dose-Response Models for Poorly Soluble Inhaled Particles, Nanoparticles in Medicine, The Toxicology of Inhaled Particles: Summing Up an Emerging Conceptual Framework, Index

Biography

Donaldson, Ken; Borm, Paul