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Isolation and cultivation of lung epithelial type 2 cells. The effect of cadmium
1Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia. kovacik@upkm.sk
General Physiology and Biophysics
|March 7, 2000
Abstract:
The effects of cadmium exposure on rat lung type 2 cells were evaluated by morphological and biochemical examinations. The results showed dose dependent reduction in the marker enzyme (alkaline phosphatase), changes in cell membranes and in the antioxidant status.