Pulmonary Toxicity of Cytotoxic and Immunosuppressive Agents: A Review

Cytotoxic Agents with Immunosuppressive Activity

A whole variety of chemical and biological materials have immunosuppressive effects in animals. Although anti-inflammatory agents, especially the corticosteroids, are inhibitors of the immune response, most are general cytotoxic agents. The cytotoxic agents were first developed as antitumour agents. It is now well known that they are not particularly selective for cancer cells, but are selectiv...

Pulmonary toxicity induced by chemical agents.

place special stress on the lung. pleural space can lead to severe transplantation is associated with the of right-sided pleural effusions and right atelectasis, presumably due to subdissection. Most transplantation patients volumes of intravenous fluids and have some underlying disease which can directly or indirectly. The ability of BAL lung is helpful in assessment of the of pulmonary compli...

A Review of Nanoparticles Toxicity and Their Routes of Exposures

       The new scientific innovation of engineering nanoparticles (NPs) at the atomic scale (diameter<100nm) has led to numerous novel and useful wide applications in electronics, chemicals, environmental protection, medical imaging, disease diagnoses, drug delivery, cancer treatment, gene therapy, etc.. The manufactures and consumers of the nanoparticles-related industrial products, however, a...

Hydrocarbon Toxicity: A Review of Literature and Case Series

Toxicity of Peganum harmala: Review and a Case Report

Peganum harmala L. is a plant, which grows in semi-arid rangeland. The plant is used traditionally as an emmenagogue and an abortifacient agent in the Middle East and North Africa. All parts of plant are thought to be toxic and sever intoxication occurs in domestic animals. Digestive and nervous syndromes have been observed in animals that consume sub-lethal amount of the plant. The toxicated a...