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ArticleACS nano2025

Silicon Carbide Nanowires Impair Mucociliary Clearance-Mediated Innate Immunity in Primary Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells.

Ziting Wang, Jimmy Vernaz, Nikolaos Tagaras, Bernadett Boda, Tina Buerki-Thurnherr, Giacomo Reina, Vera M Kissling, Samuel Constant, Govind Gupta, Peter Wick

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Article in ACS nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ziting WangNanomaterials in Health Laboratory, Department of Materials Meet Life, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), St. Gallen 9014, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7206-9769
Jimmy VernazEpithelix Sàrl, 18 chemin des Aulx, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.
Nikolaos TagarasNanomaterials in Health Laboratory, Department of Materials Meet Life, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), St. Gallen 9014, Switzerland.
Bernadett BodaEpithelix Sàrl, 18 chemin des Aulx, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.
Tina Buerki-ThurnherrNanomaterials in Health Laboratory, Department of Materials Meet Life, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), St. Gallen 9014, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3723-6562
Giacomo ReinaNanomaterials in Health Laboratory, Department of Materials Meet Life, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), St. Gallen 9014, Switzerland.
Vera M KisslingNanomaterials in Health Laboratory, Department of Materials Meet Life, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), St. Gallen 9014, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4524-9905
Samuel ConstantEpithelix Sàrl, 18 chemin des Aulx, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.
Govind GuptaNanomaterials in Health Laboratory, Department of Materials Meet Life, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), St. Gallen 9014, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4703-418X
Peter WickNanomaterials in Health Laboratory, Department of Materials Meet Life, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), St. Gallen 9014, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0079-4344

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The respiratory tract possesses mucociliary-driven innate immune defense mechanisms that protect the lungs from harmful environmental exposures, but when damaged, increase susceptibility to respiratory infections and diseases. Inhalation exposure to certain nanomaterials has been shown to trigger fibrosis and other respiratory conditions. However, there is a limited understanding of whether nanomaterials can impair mucociliary defense in lungs and its underlying mechanism. Here, we first investigated the fate of zero-dimensional, one-dimensional, and two-dimensional silicon- and carbon-based nanomaterials (silicon carbide nanowires (SiC NWs), silicon dioxide (SiO

Indexed as

BronchiCarbon Compounds, InorganicEpithelial CellsImmunity, InnateMucociliary ClearanceNanowiresSilicon CompoundsCells, CulturedHumansCarbon Compounds, Inorganicsilicon carbideSilicon Compoundsadvanced materialsciliopathyfibrosisgrapheneinhalation exposureprimary human bronchial epithelial cell culturerespiratory mucus

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PMID40474814
PMCPMC12177949

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