Title |
Pulmonary innate inflammatory responses to agricultural occupational contaminants
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Published in |
Cell and Tissue Research, February 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/s00441-017-2573-4 |
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Authors |
Ram S. Sethi, David Schneberger, Chandrashekhar Charavaryamath, Baljit Singh |
Abstract |
Agricultural workers are exposed to many contaminants and suffer from respiratory and other symptoms. Dusts, gases, microbial products and pesticide residues from farms have been linked to effects on the health of agricultural workers. Growing sets of data from in vitro and in vivo models demonstrate the role of the innate immune system, especially Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and TLR9, in lung inflammation induced following exposure to contaminants in agricultural environments. Interestingly, inflammation and lung function changes appear to be discordant indicating the complexity of inflammatory responses to exposures. Whereas the recent development of rodent models and exposure systems have yielded valuable data, we need new systems to examine the combined effects of multiple contaminants in order to increase our understanding of farm-exposure-induced negative health effects. |
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