Inflammation increases susceptibility of human small airway epithelial cells to pneumonic nanotoxicity

• Main Authors: Wu, Zhuoran, Shi, Pujiang, Lim, Hong Kit, Ma, Yiyuan, Setyawati, Magdiel Inggrid, Bitounis, Dimitrios, Demokritou, Philip, Ng, Kee Woei, Tay, Chor Yong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Cellular Adaptation; Lung Inflammation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155260
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Exposure to inhaled anthropogenic nanomaterials (NM) with dimension <100 nm has been implicated in numerous adverse respiratory outcomes. Although studies have identified key NM physiochemical determinants of pneumonic nanotoxicity, the complex interactive and cumulative effects of NM exposure, e...