Mechanism of asbestos-mediated DNA damage: role of heme and heme proteins.
Rahman, Q, Mahmood, N, Khan, S G, Arif, J M, Athar, M
Several observations, including studies from this laboratory, demonstrate that asbestos generates free radicals in the biological system that may play a role in the manifestation of asbestos-related...
Effect of coexposure to asbestos and kerosene soot on pulmonary drug-metabolizing enzyme system.
Arif, J M, Khan, S G, Mahmood, N, Aslam, M, Rahman, Q
This article reports the effect of coexposure to Indian chrysotile asbestos (5 mg/rat) and kerosene soot (5 mg/rat) on the pulmonary phase I and phase II drug-metabolizing enzymes 1, 4, 8, 16, 30,...
Biochemical mechanisms in asbestos toxicity.
Rahman, Q, Das, B, Viswanathan, P N
The alarming hazardous nature of asbestos makes it the foremost among toxic fugitive dusts. The biochemical mechanisms responsible for the diverse biological effects of asbestos, such as fibrosis,...
Interaction between erythrocyte plasma membrane and silicate dusts.
Singh, S V, Viswanathan, P N, Rahman, Q
Lysis of erythrocytes in vitro leading to release of hemoglobin has often been used as a convenient test system for predictive toxicological evaluation of noxious particulates encountered as...
Biochemical studies on the toxicity of slate mine dust.
Khan, M F, Jaffery, F N, Ali, S, Rahman, Q
As part of a detailed experimental study of the pathogenicity of disease of slate dust workers, the early biochemical changes in rat lung from 1 to 90 days after intratracheal inoculation of slate...
Mechanism of asbestos-mediated DNA damage: role of heme and heme proteins.
Rahman, Q, Mahmood, N, Khan, S G, Arif, J M, Athar, M
Several observations, including studies from this laboratory, demonstrate that asbestos generates free radicals in the biological system that may play a role in the manifestation of asbestos-related...
Effect of coexposure to asbestos and kerosene soot on pulmonary drug-metabolizing enzyme system.
Arif, J M, Khan, S G, Mahmood, N, Aslam, M, Rahman, Q
This article reports the effect of coexposure to Indian chrysotile asbestos (5 mg/rat) and kerosene soot (5 mg/rat) on the pulmonary phase I and phase II drug-metabolizing enzymes 1, 4, 8, 16, 30,...
Biochemical mechanisms in asbestos toxicity.
Rahman, Q, Das, B, Viswanathan, P N
The alarming hazardous nature of asbestos makes it the foremost among toxic fugitive dusts. The biochemical mechanisms responsible for the diverse biological effects of asbestos, such as fibrosis,...
Interaction between erythrocyte plasma membrane and silicate dusts.
Singh, S V, Viswanathan, P N, Rahman, Q
Lysis of erythrocytes in vitro leading to release of hemoglobin has often been used as a convenient test system for predictive toxicological evaluation of noxious particulates encountered as...
Biochemical studies on the toxicity of slate mine dust.
Khan, M F, Jaffery, F N, Ali, S, Rahman, Q
As part of a detailed experimental study of the pathogenicity of disease of slate dust workers, the early biochemical changes in rat lung from 1 to 90 days after intratracheal inoculation of slate...
Frequency of sister chromatid exchange and chromosomal aberrations in asbestos cement workers.
Fatma, N, Jain, A K, Rahman, Q
Exposure to asbestos minerals has been associated with a wide variety of adverse health effects including lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, and cancer of other organs. It was shown previously that...