American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiologyAnimalsAdenosine TriphosphateLungRatsBronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Sustained increase in extracellular ATP in the lung induced by chronic inhalation exposure to nitrogen dioxide.
Nai-Ju Chan, Yueh-Yin Chen, Chun-Chun Hsu, You Shuei Lin, Maxwell Zakeri, Mehdi Khosravi, Lu-Yuan Lee
Published: 202610.1152/ajpregu.00192.2025
Abstract
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is an environmental air pollutant and a potent oxidant. Epidemiological studies have revealed a close association between chronic cough and long-term inhalation exposure to NO2. ATP can be released from airway/lung epithelial c…
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