Title: Inflammatory mechanisms of pulmonary injury induced by mustards.

Authors: Malaviya, Rama; Sunil, Vasanthi R; Venosa, Alessandro; Vayas, Kinal N; Heck, Diane E; Laskin, Jeffrey D; Laskin, Debra L

Published In Toxicol Lett, (2016 Feb 26)

Abstract: Exposure of humans and animals to vesicants, including sulfur mustard (SM) and nitrogen mustard (NM), causes severe and debilitating damage to the respiratory tract. Both acute and long term pathological consequences are observed in the lung following a single exposure to these vesicants. Evidence from our laboratories and others suggest that macrophages and the inflammatory mediators they release play an important role in mustard-induced lung injury. In this paper, the pathogenic effects of SM and NM on the lung are reviewed, along with the potential role of inflammatory macrophages and mediators they release in mustard-induced pulmonary toxicity.

PubMed ID: 26478570

MeSH Terms: Animals; Antidotes/therapeutic use; Disease Models, Animal; Humans; Inflammation Mediators/metabolism; Inhalation Exposure; Lung Injury/chemically induced*; Lung Injury/drug therapy; Lung Injury/metabolism; Lung Injury/pathology; Lung Injury/physiopathology; Lung/drug effects*; Lung/metabolism; Lung/pathology; Lung/physiopathology; Macrophages, Alveolar/drug effects; Macrophages, Alveolar/metabolism; Nitrogen Mustard Compounds/toxicity*; Pneumonia/chemically induced*; Pneumonia/drug therapy; Pneumonia/metabolism; Pneumonia/pathology; Pneumonia/physiopathology; Signal Transduction/drug effects