Mustard Gas

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Architectural and biochemical expressions of mustard gas keratopathy: preclinical indicators and pathogenic mechanisms. 
  • Dermal and ocular exposure systems for the development of models of sulfur mustard-induced injury. 
  • Mediators, initiating the inflammatory response, released in organ culture by full-thickness human skin explants exposed to the irritant, sulfur mustard. 
  • Pathogenesis of acute and delayed corneal lesions after ocular exposure to sulfur mustard vapor. 
  • TRPA1 and CGRP antagonists counteract vesicant-induced skin injury and inflammation.