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Efficient Elimination of Inhaled Nanoparticles from the Alveolar Region: Evidence for Interstitial Uptake and Subsequent Reentrainment onto Airways Epithelium
Author(s) -
Manuela SemmlerBehnke,
Shinji Takenaka,
Steffanie Fertsch,
Alexander Wenk,
Jürgen Seitz,
Paula Mayer,
Günter Oberdörster,
Wolfgang G. Kreyling
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9685
Subject(s) - inhalation , bronchoalveolar lavage , chemistry , epithelium , lung , respiratory epithelium , inhalation exposure , respiratory system , alveolar epithelium , pathology , biophysics , medicine , anatomy , biology
There is ongoing discussion that inhaled nanoparticles (NPs, < 100 nm) may translocate from epithelial deposition sites of the lungs to systemic circulation.

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