Chronic exposure to silica crystals can cause lung inflammation and cancer. Here, the authors show that mast cells and macrophages respond to silica crystals by producing leukotriene B4, which recruits neutrophils leading to inflammation, and that blocking this pathway attenuates cancer progression.
- Shuchismita R. Satpathy
- Venkatakrishna R. Jala
- Bodduluri Haribabu