Phagocytizing cells recruitment and activity in response to pulmonary deposition of magnetite particles of different size in nanometer and micrometer ranges
Privalova L.I., Katsnelson B.A., Kuzmin S.V., Degtyareva T.D., Sutunkova M.P., Yeremenko O.S., Khodos M.Y., Kositsina A.N., Malakhova N.A., Glazyrina J.A., Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection in Industrial Workers, RU
It is often maintained that nanoparticles are poorly recognized by host’s defence mechanisms and, specifically, cause weak attraction of phagocytes and are therefore removed from lungs ineffectively. However, intratracheal instillation of water-suspended magnetite nanoparticles caused [...]