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Role of Toll-like receptor-4 in genetic susceptibility to lung injury induced by residual oil fly ash.
Physiological genomics - 16 Jun 2005
Cho Hye-Youn, Jedlicka Anne E, Clarke Robert, Kleeberger Steven R
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms of susceptibility to particle-induced lung injury are not clearly understood. To evaluate the contribution of genetic background to pulmonary pathogenesis, we compared the lung injury responses to residual oil fly ash (ROFA) in inbred mouse strains and calculated heritability estimates. Significant interstrain (genetic) variation was observed in ROFA-induced lung inflammation and hyperpermeability...
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