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SUBMITTER: Siegrist KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484882 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 20190501 1
Low molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (LMW PAHs; < 206.3 g/mol) are under regulated environmental contaminants (eg, secondhand smoke) that lead to gap junction dysregulation, p38 MAPK activation, and increased mRNA production of inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines and cyclooxygenase (COX2), in lung epithelial cells. However, the early mechanisms involving lipid signaling through the arachidonic acid pathway and subsequent eicosanoid production leading to these downstream ev ...[more]