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Endotoxin role in airway disease
Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010212-02
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Grain dust exposure is a common cause of respiratory tract disorders in grain workers, feed mill employees, and farmers. Although grain dust is a heterogeneous substance, the endotoxin component has received the most attention as a possible cause of airway inflammation. In the February issue of American Journal of Physiology — Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, researchers from University of Iowa publish new evidence that endotoxin is important in the development of chronic airway disease.
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