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Several studies have revealed that asbestos is toxic for alveolar macrophages (AM). The tests for measuring toxicity have included release of acid phosphatase (Miller and Harington 1972), and release of acid phosphatase, (ß-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, and ß-glucuronidase (Kang et al. 1979). Several studies have reported on the loss of viability when AM have been incubated with chrysotile (McLemore et al. 1979; Kang et al. 1979; and, Kaw and Zaidi 1975). There has been general agreement that chrysotile is more toxic for AM than amosite or crocidolite.
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Myrvik, Q.N. (1985). Effect of Asbestos Preparations on the Random Migration Pattern of Rabbit Alveolar Macrophages. In: Beck, E.G., Bignon, J. (eds) In Vitro Effects of Mineral Dusts. NATO ASI Series, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70630-1_15
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