The mechanism of pleural inflammation by long carbon nanotubes: interaction of long fibres with macrophages stimulates them to amplify pro-inflammatory responses in mesothelial cells
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are high aspect ratio nanoparticles with diameters in the nanometre range but lengths extending up to hundreds of microns. The structural similarities between CNT and asbestos have raised concern that they may pose a similar inhalation haza...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Particle and Fibre Toxicology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/9/1/8 |