Induction of Inflammatory Response of Mice Exposed to Diesel Exhaust Is Modulated by CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells

H Fujimaki, N Ui, T Endo - … journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
Exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) increased airway inflammatory responses and airway
responsiveness to allergen challenge. To clarify the roles of T cells in DE exposure–induced …

Diesel exhaust particulate induces pulmonary and systemic inflammation in rats without impairing endothelial function ex vivo or in vivo

S Robertson, GA Gray, R Duffin, SG McLean… - Particle and fibre …, 2012 - Springer
Background Inhalation of diesel exhaust impairs vascular function in man, by a mechanism
that has yet to be fully established. We hypothesised that pulmonary exposure to diesel …

Microarray analysis of gene expression in rat alveolar epithelial cells exposed to fractionated organic extracts of diesel exhaust particles

S Omura, E Koike, T Kobayashi - Toxicology, 2009 - Elsevier
Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) affect health adversely. Our previous studies revealed that
DEP extracts up-regulated expression of genes related to drug metabolism, antioxidant …

Response of pulmonary cellular defenses to the inhalation of high concentrations of diesel exhaust

KA Strom - Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A …, 1984 - Taylor & Francis
Rats were exposed to three concentrations of diluted diesel exhaust for 6 mo and 1 yr.
Bronchopulmonary lavage was used to obtain the pulmonary phagocytes from the animals …

Activation of pulmonary dendritic cells and Th2-type inflammatory responses on instillation of engineered, environmental diesel emission source or ambient air …

GFG Bezemer, SM Bauer, G Oberdörster… - Journal of innate …, 2011 - karger.com
The biological effects of acute particulate air pollution exposure in host innate immunity
remain obscure and have relied largely on in vitro models. We hypothesized that single …

DIESEL particulate exposed macrophages alter endothelial cell expression of eNOS, iNOS, MCP1, and glutathione synthesis genes

CS Weldy, HW Wilkerson, TV Larson, JA Stewart… - Toxicology in Vitro, 2011 - Elsevier
There is considerable debate regarding inhaled diesel exhaust particulate (DEP) causing
impairments in vascular reactivity. Although there is evidence that inhaled particles can …

Suppression of Cell-Mediated Immune Responses to Listeria Infection by Repeated Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Particles in Brown Norway Rats

XJ Yin, CC Dong, JYC Ma, JM Antonini… - Toxicological …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) have been shown to alter pulmonary immune responses to
bacterial infection. Exposure of rats to 100 mg/m3 DEP for 4 h was found to aggravate …

Diesel exhaust particles and carbon black have adjuvant activity on the local lymph node response and systemic IgE production to ovalbumin

M Løvik, AK Høgseth, PI Gaarder, R Hagemann, I Eide - Toxicology, 1997 - Elsevier
The possible adjuvant effect of diesel exhaust particles (DEP) on the response to the model
allergen ovalbumin (OA) was studied in BALB/c mice using the popliteal lymph node (PLN) …

Diesel exhaust particles induce CYP1A1 and pro-inflammatory responses via differential pathways in human bronchial epithelial cells

AI Totlandsdal, FR Cassee, P Schwarze… - Particle and fibre …, 2010 - Springer
Background Exposure to diesel engine exhaust particles (DEPs) has been associated with
several adverse health outcomes in which inflammation seems to play a key role. DEPs …

Time course of gene expression of inflammatory mediators in rat lung after diesel exhaust particle exposure

KMK Rao, JYC Ma, T Meighan… - Environmental …, 2005 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) at three concentrations (5, 35, and 50 mg/kg body weight)
were instilled into rats intratracheally. We studied gene expression at 1, 7, and 30 days …