Assessment of the Cytotoxic and Immunomodulatory Effects of Substances in Human Precision-cut Lung Slices

DOI :

10.3791/57042-v

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12:04 min

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May 9th, 2018

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Vanessa Neuhaus^1*, Olga Danov^1*, Sebastian Konzok¹, Helena Obernolte¹, Susann Dehmel¹, Peter Braubach², Danny Jonigk², Hans-Gerd Fieguth³, Patrick Zardo⁴, Gregor Warnecke⁴, Christian Martin⁵, Armin Braun^1,6, Katherina Sewald¹

¹Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of REBIRTH Cluster of Excellence, ²Institute for Pathology, Hannover Medical School, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), ³Division of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Klinikum Region Hannover (KRH), ⁴Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery (HTTG), Hannover Medical School, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), ⁵Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, RWTH Aachen University, ⁶Institute for Immunology, Hannover Medical School

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In view of the 3Rs principle, respiratory models as alternatives to animal studies are evolving. Especially for risk assessment of respiratory substances, there is a lack of appropriate assays. Here, we describe the use of human precision-cut lung slices for the assessment of airborne substances.

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