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- Berg, N O, et al.
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Bronchocarcinogenic Properties of Welding and Thermal Spraying Fumes Containing Chromium in the Rat
- 1987
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Ingår i: American Journal of Industrial Medicine. - : Wiley. - 0271-3586 .- 1097-0274. ; 11, s. 39-54
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The possible bronchocarcinogenic effects of fumes released during the shielded metal arc welding of stainless steel and the thermal spraying of chromium oxide (Cr2O3) have been studied on the rat. The fume particles were shown to contain tri- and hexavalent chromium in soluble and low soluble forms; they were collected and implanted as pellets in the bronchi of groups of 100 rats by the method of Laskin et al. A negative control group of 100 rats was included, as well as positive controls receiving pellets containing benz(a)pyrene. The experiment was continued for 34 months; no differences of biological significance were noted between the growth rates, survival times, and terminal organ weights of the test and negative control groups. At autopsy, the macroscopic and microscopic appearance of the organs in the three groups, including the local reaction to the implanted pellet, were similar. No precancerous changes were observed at the implantation sites; one rat, who received a pellet containing welding fumes, showed squamous cell carcinoma remote from the implantation site and not associated with the bronchus. It had the appearance of a metastasis. All three benz(a)pyrene control rats developed cancer at the implantation site. The occupational health implications of these findings are discussed.
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- Warfvinge, Karin, et al.
(författare)
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Single modified cilia displayed by cells of human internal stratifed epithelia (oral cavity, vagina)
- 1988
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Ingår i: Cell and Tissue Research. - 1432-0878. ; 251, s. 237-241
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Serial sections of human vaginal and keratinized oral-gingival epithelia were investigated for ciliary structures. Most melanocytes of the gingival epithelium lacked cilia, whereas almost all basal keratinocytes of the deeper portion of the epithelial ridges possessed one cilium each. In the suprabasal layers of the ridges only a few keratinocytes exhibited a single cilium. In the basal layer, at the top of the connective tissue papillae, approximately every second keratinocyte displayed a single cilium. In the suprabasal layers above the ridges no ciliated keratinocytes were observed. The basal cells of the vaginal epithelium were endowed with cilia, while cilia were absent from the suprabasal cells. In the human forearm epidermis most melanocytes and keratinocytes are supplied with a single cilium; it has been suggested that they may play a role in light reception. However, the widespread occurrence of 9 + 0 cilia in epithelial cells of internal epithelia and their coincidence with the sites of renewal of keratinocytes suggests that a relationship may exist between solitary cilia and mitotic activity.
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