Cotton Dust: Proceedings-12th Cotton Dust Research Conference 1988


COTTON DUST: PROCEEDINGS-12TH COTTON DUST RESEARCH CONFERENCE 1988
	Jan. 5-8, New Orleans, LA Editors C. Paul Dugger & Debbie A. Richter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COTTON DUST RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Methods for Assessment of the Endotoxic Respirable Dust Potential of Baled Cotton P.D. Millner, H.H. Perkins, Jr., and R.E. Harrison	3
A Report on the Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria on Cotton Fiber from Two U.S. Field Locations M.E. Simpson, E.A. Choper, and T.J. Prickett	6
Bacterial Counts on Commercial Cotton Fiber from the U.S. Crop of 1986 M.E. Simpson and P.B. Marsh	10
Toxin Production by Bacteria Isolated from the Air of Cotton Mills A.F. Tuxford and B. Hoult	13
Comparison of Various Preparations of Lipopolysaccharides and Determination of Endotoxin Content Janet J. Fischer and Karin Foarde	16
Statistical and Biological Analysis of Epiphytic Bacteria and Endotoxin on Cotton R.J. Berni, A.J. DeLucca, and G. P. Shaffer	20
Effects of Morphological Characters and Bacterial Blight Resistance of Cotton Plants on Bacterial Populations of Raw Cotton Fiber A.A. Bell and G.W. Tribble	23
A Comparison of the Fatty Acid Composition of Various Bacterial Endotoxins N.M. Morris and E.A. Catalano	24
Variations in Plant Acids and Sugars on Cotton Lint During the Harvest Season L.N. Domelsmith	28
Evaluation of Populations of Total and Gram Negative Bacteria on Cotton Lint Julio C. Borbon Reyes, William E. Batson, Jr., Donna P. Miller, and Diana Greenough	36
Viable Counts of Bacteria on Cotton Grown in Lubbock, Texas in 1986 Caryl E. Heintz, Janet J. Fisher, and A. D. Brashears	38
Endotoxin on Cottons and Bracts from Four Areas Throughout the 1986 Growing Season Janet J. Fischer, Pamela Fisher, and Robert R. Jacobs	40
Airborne Endotoxin Concentrations in the Cotton Industry: Effect of Cotton Growing Area Robert M. Castellan, Stephen A. Olenchock, Kathleen B. Kiftsley, Mary C. Townsend, Deborah G. Keimig, Andrew J. Ghio, and Gregory M. Piacitelli	43
*Acute Respiratory Response of Guinea Pigs to Lipopolysaccharide from Salmonella* minnesota and the RE595 Mutant** Lisa K. Ryan, Serap Erdal, and Meryl H. Karol	47
Pulmonary Response of Guinea Pigs to a Synthetic Cellulose Dust Containing Viable Enterobacter Agglomerans Kathryn Spear, Carolyn Getty, Meryl H. Karol, Janet J. Fischer, and Karin K. Foarde	50
Tumor Necrosis Factor in Alveolar Macrophages after Exposure to Endotoxin Ragnar Rylander, Beatrice de Rochemonteix, and Jean Michel Dayer	53
Decreased Airway Conductance and Increased Vascular Permeability in Guinea Pigs Exposed to Inhaled Endotoxin T. Gordon, J. Balmes, J. Fine, and D. Sheppard	55
Inflammatory Mediators Involved in the Pulmonary Response to Inhaled Endotoxin George E. Keller and Robert Burrell	56
Effects of Anti-PAF Treatment on Pulmonary Inflammation Induced by Endotoxin Robert Burrell, R. Rylander, and L. Beijer	59
Endotoxin-Exposed Macrophages Enhance Chloride Transport by Airway Epithelium M.M. Cloutier, L. Guernsey, and R. Thrall	62
Respiratory Responses of Guinea Pigs to Dusts Treated for Detoxification C. Gatty, K. Spear, I. Vyas, and M. Karol	65
Release of Arachidonic Acid Metabolites from Guinea Pig Pulmonary Cells by Chemically Modified Cotton Dusts M.H. Elissalde and R.C. Beier	69
Condensed Tannins and Amines in Cotton Dusts Treated to Reduce Endotoxin Marie-Alice Rousselle	71
Histamine Release from Guinea Pig Pulmonary Mast Cells by Chemically Modified Dust: Correlation with Terpenoid Aldehydes and Endotoxin R.D. Stipanovic and M.H. Elissalde	74
Endotoxin Reduction in Cotton Dust: Preparation of Samples for Chemical, Biological, and Physiological Assays L.N. Domelsmith and M.A. Rousselle	76
Detoxification of Cotton Dust/Lint: Chemical Degradation of Bacterial Endotoxins L.N. Domelsmith and J.L. Landry	80
Clinical Aspects of Byssinosis C.A.C. Pickering	83
Airway Responsiveness Following Inhalation of Cotton Bract Extract T.J. Witek Jr., E.N. Schachter, C.A. Mazzara, E. Zuskin, G.J., and M.G. Buck	85
Comparison of the Acute Pulmonary Inflammatory Response to Inhaled Cotton Dust Extract and Tannin Dominique E Lauque, Mark A. Schroeder, James A. Russell, and Michael S. Rohrbach	87
Pharmcologic Studies of Cotton Bract Extract in Isolated Guinea Pig Trachea E.N. Schachter, E. Zuskin, T.J. Witek, M.B. Buck,S. Maayani, Z. Marom, and S.K. Goswami	90
Pulmonary Response of Guinea Pigs to Inhalation of Cotton Dust: Effect of Depletion of Peripheral Leukocytes V. Castranova, V.A. Robinson, D.S. DeLong, J. Mull, and D.G. Frazer	92
A Comparison of Flax and Cotton Dust Extracts on Guinea-Pig Perfused Low P.J. Bates and P.J. Nicholls	96
Effect of Dietary Vitamin C on Guinea Pig Pulmonary Response to Inhalation of Cotton Dust M.A. Banks, V.A. Robinson, D.S. DeLong, D.G. Frazer, and V. Castranova	99
T-Lymphocyte Mitogenicity of Condensed Tannin and Cotton Dust Extract Z. Vuk-Pavlovic', M.S. Rohrbach, and J.A. Russell	103
Tannin Induces an Endothelium-Dependent Contraction of Rabbit Pulmonary Artery James A. Russell and Michael S. Rohrbach	106
Modulation of Alveolar Macrophage Function by Condensed Tannin Michael S. Rohrbach, Teresa Kreofsky, and James A. Russell	108
Effect of Pharmacological Agents on the Human Airway Response to Inhaled Cotton Dust - A Pilot Study M. Bevan, M. McDermott, P.J. Nicholls, and J.H. Edwards	112
Platelet Adherence to Cultured Endothelial Cells Is Increased by Cotton Bract Tannin Susan C. Helgeson, Michael S. Rohrbach, and Christopher M. Johnson	117
Recent Trends in the Prevalence of Byssinotic Symptoms in the Lancashire Textile Industry F.P. Cinkotai, D. Seaborn, C.A.C. Pickering, and E. Faragher	121
A Review of Epidemiological Evidence of Anti-Cancer Properties of Dust John H. Lange	124
Hyperreactivity and Atopy among Asthmatic Ex-Cottonworkers T. Sigsqaerd and K.E. Otte	128
Monitoring Alterations in the Cellular Lipid Pool by Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry: Implications for Byssinosis Kathleen M. Hess, S. Randall Kalberg, Timothy M. Logan, David G. Lynn, William S. Lynn, J. Reddish, and Joyce Barclay	130
Role of Ca(i)²⁺ and Cholesterol in Cotton Dust Toxicity W.S. Lynn, D. Mathews, A. Thompson, D.G. Lynn and M. Cloyd	135
Evaluation of Anti-Cancer Properties of Aerosolized Endotoxin from Enterobacter agglomerans John H. Larige and Jan L. Sykora	139
Airways Response of Guinea Pigs to Inhaled Cotton Dust Extract on a Chronic Basis D.A. Griffiths-Johnson and P.J. Nicholls	141
Effects of Chronic Exposure to Isolated and Cellbound Endotoxin in Guinea Pigs Ragnar Rylander	146
Dose-Response Relationships for Pulmonary Reactions of Guinea Pigs to Inhalation of Cotton Dust V.A. Robinson, D.S. DeLong, D.G. Frazer, and V. Castranova	149
Mechanism of Airflow Interruption in Guinea Pigs Exposed to Cotton Dust D.G. Frazer, V.A. Robinson, D.A. DeLong, E.L. Petsonk, K.C. Webera, and T.S. Jones	153
Repeated Exposure of Guinea Pigs to a Non-Irritating Concentration of Cotton Dust Adeniyi Ogundiran, Carolyn Gatty, Kathryn Spear, Ivy Vyas, and Meryl Karol	158
Histologic and Morphometric Examination of Guinea Pig Lungs Following Subchronic Exposure to 1.6 Mg/m³ Cotton Dust 1182 DB Beverly Y. Cockrell, Cheryl Rehfeld, Adeniyi Ogundiran, Ivy Vas, Carolyn Getty, Kathryn Spear, and Meryl H. Karol	161
Toxicity of Intratracheally Instilled Cotton Dust, Cellulose and Endotoxin D.K. Milton, J.J. Godleski, H.A. Feldman, and I.A.Greaves	163
Mass Spectral Analysis of Bronchoactive Cotton Bract Extracts Marion C. Buck and James H. Wall	167
Physiologic and Cellular Changes in an Animal Model of Byssinosis K.S. Hara, P.D. Scanlon, M.A. Schroeder, and M.S. Rohrbach	171

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