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ArticleToxics2025

Co-Culture of Primary Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells at the Air-Liquid Interface and THP-1 Macrophages to Investigate the Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

Kyle S Burns, Audrey G Biggerstaff, Jamie M Pennington, Susan C Tilton

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Article in Toxics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Host-pathogen-immune interactions in an air-liquid interface airway model.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kyle S BurnsDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7853-7754
Audrey G BiggerstaffDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-4181-6247
Jamie M PenningtonDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Susan C TiltonDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5427-6462

Funding

Research Experience and Training Coordination CoreP42ES016465 · NIEHS · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Robyn L Tanguay · 2009 to 2026
$52.5M
MODE OF ACTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTST32ES007060 · NIEHS · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Jamie DeWitt, Siva Kumar Kolluri · 1985 to 2026
$11.6M
Zebrafish Biomedical Research Facility CoreP30ES030287 · NIEHS · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Jamie DeWitt · 2020 to 2026
$9.8M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES030287NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES016465NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007060USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture NI25HFPXXXXXG022USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture NI25HMFPXXXXG029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of new approach methodologies that include human cells differentiated into organotypic formats is of high interest due to their structural and functional similarities to tissues in vivo, enabling mechanistic understanding and translation to adverse health outcomes in humans. However, these systems often fail to capture complex intercellular signaling required for processes such as pulmonary inflammation induced by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). To investigate airway epithelial-macrophage interactions in response to benzo[a]pyrene and a PAH mixture (Tox Mix), co-culture models utilizing primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) differentiated at the air-liquid interface were cultured with THP-1 macrophages either directly or indirectly, alongside HBECs alone. After 24 h of exposure, cytokine expression (

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co-culture modelin vitro toxicitypolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)THP-1 cells

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PMID41441286
PMCPMC12737494

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