Short-term immunological effects of non-ethanolic short-chain alcohols.
Toxicol Lett
; 210(1): 44-52, 2012 Apr 05.
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ABSTRACT
Short-chain alcohols are embedded into several aspects of modern life. The societal costs emanating from the long history of use and abuse of the prototypical example of these molecules, ethanol, have stimulated considerable interest in its general toxicology. A much more modest picture exists for other short-chain alcohols, notably as regards their immunotoxicity. A large segment of the general population is potentially exposed to two of these alcohols, methanol and isopropanol. Their ubiquitous nature and their eventual use as ethanol surrogates are predictably associated to accidental or deliberate poisoning. This review addresses the immunological consequences of acute exposure to methanol and isopropanol. It first examines the general mechanisms of short-chain alcohol-induced biological dysregulation and then provides a tentative model to explain the molecular events that underlie the immunological dysfunction produced by methanol and isopropanol. The time-related context of serum alcohol concentrations in acute poisoning, as well as the clinical implications of their short-term immunotoxicity, is also discussed.
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2-Propanol
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Metanol
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Sistema Inmunológico
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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2012
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Article