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ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2016

Comparison between whole-body inhalation and nose-only inhalation on the deposition and health effects of nanoparticles.

Takako Oyabu, Yasuo Morimoto, Hiroto Izumi, Yukiko Yoshiura, Taisuke Tomonaga, Byeong-Woo Lee, Takami Okada, Toshihiko Myojo, Manabu Shimada, Masaru Kubo and 3 more

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Article in Environmental health and preventive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Takako OyabuUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan. toyabu@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp.
Yasuo MorimotoUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Hiroto IzumiUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Yukiko YoshiuraUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Taisuke TomonagaUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Byeong-Woo LeeUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Takami OkadaUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Toshihiko MyojoUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Manabu ShimadaGraduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
Masaru KuboGraduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
Kazuhiro YamamotoNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.
Kenji KawaguchiNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.
Takeshi SasakiNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JPNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology · JPHiroshima University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe performed the two inhalation exposures, whole-body inhalation and nose-only inhalation, to investigate the pulmonary deposition and health effects of the two inhalation methods.

methodsIn both methods, we exposed rats to the same TiO2 nanoparticles at almost the same exposure concentration for 6 h and compared the deposited amounts of nanoparticles and histopathological changes in the lungs. Rats were exposed to rutile-type TiO2 nanoparticles generated by the spray-dry method for 6 h. The exposure concentration in the whole-body chamber was 4.10 ± 1.07 mg/m(3), and that in nose-only chamber was 4.01 ± 1.11 mg/m(3). The particle sizes were 230 and 180 nm, respectively. A control group was exposed to fresh air.

resultsThe amounts of TiO2 deposited in the lungs as measured by ICP-AES after acid digestion just after the exposure were: 42.6 ± 3.5 μg in the whole-body exposure and 46.0 ± 7.7 μg in the nose-only exposure groups. The histopathological evaluation was the same in both exposure groups: no infiltration of inflammatory cells in the alveolar space and interstitium, and no fibrosis.

conclusionThe two inhalation methods using the same material under the same exposure conditions resulted in the same particle deposition and histopathology in the lung.

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Metal NanoparticlesAir PollutantsAnimalsInhalation ExposureLungMaleParticle SizeRatsRats, Inbred F344Spectrophotometry, AtomicTitaniumToxicity TestsAir PollutantsTitaniumtitanium dioxideDepositionNose-only inhalationTiO2 nanoparticleWhole-body inhalation

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PMID26438563
PMCPMC4693768
OpenAlexW1613434511

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