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ArticleJournal of environmental immunology and toxicology

Innate Immune Responses to Nanoparticle Exposure in the Lung.

Elizabeth A Thompson, Brian C Sayers, Ellen E Glista-Baker, Kelly A Shipkowski, Alexia J Taylor, James C Bonner

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Article in Journal of environmental immunology and toxicology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Metal Nanoparticles in Infection and Immunity.Immunological investigations · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth A ThompsonDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Brian C SayersDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Ellen E Glista-BakerDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Kelly A ShipkowskiDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Alexia J TaylorDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
James C BonnerDepartment of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
North Carolina State University · US

Funding

TRAINING IN BIOCHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGYT32ES007046 · NIEHS · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI Seth William Kullman · 1985 to 2026
$5.1M
Genetic Susceptibility to Nanoparticle-Induced Respiratory DiseaseR01ES020897 · NIEHS · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI BONNER, JAMES CHRISTOPHER · 2012 to 2017
$1.7M
Lung Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes in Models of Pre-Existing Respiratory DiseaseRC2ES018772 · NIEHS · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI BONNER, JAMES CHRISTOPHER · 2009 to 2010
$1.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES020897NIEHS NIH HHS RC2 ES018772NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nanotechnology revolution offers enormous societal and economic benefits for innovation in the fields of engineering, electronics, and medicine. Nevertheless, evidence from rodent studies show that biopersistent engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) stimulate immune, inflammatory, and fibroproliferative responses in the lung, suggesting possible risks for lung diseases or systemic immune disorders as a consequence of occupational, environmental, or consumer exposure. Due to their nanoscale dimensions and increased surface area per unit mass, ENMs have a much greater potential to reach the distal regions of the lung and generate ROS. High aspect ratio ENMs (e.g., nanotubes, nanofibers) activate inflammasomes in macrophages, triggering IL-1β release and neutrophilic infiltration into the lungs. Moreover, some ENMs alter allergen-induced eosinophilic inflammation by immunostimulation, immunosuppression, or modulating the balance between Th1, Th2, and Th17 cells, thereby influencing the nature of the inflammatory response. ENMs also migrate from the lungs across epithelial, endothelial, or mesothelial barriers to stimulate or suppress systemic immune responses.

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asthmainnate immunitylungnanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID26000239
PMCPMC4437698
OpenAlexW2324300699

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