Mice were intranasally instilled at 6 weeks of age with silica, titanium dioxide, or saline control and macrophages were harvested by broncho-alveolar lavage at 14 weeks of age. RNA was isolated using RNeasy Mini kits (Qiagen). Due to low yield of RNA, mRNA was amplifed by RiboAmp kits (Arcturus) ...
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
