title: [Cellular reactions in the lungs after inhalation of cotton dust and of endotoxin].
abstract: The free lung cell count has been studied in guinea pigs after exposure to extracts of various cotton dusts. A good correlation was found between the increase in leukocyte count in the airways and the number of gram-negative bacteria in the different dusts. The importance of endotoxin in the acute effects following exposure to cotton dust is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000276:immunology*; D004391:Dust; D004731:Endotoxins; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D003368:Gossypium; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D004391:Dust; D004731:Endotoxins
vernacular_title: Réactions cellulaires dans les poumons après inhalation de poussière de coton et d'endotoxine