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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kagan VE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4072413 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS nano 20140604 6
In contrast to short-lived neutrophils, macrophages display persistent presence in the lung of animals after pulmonary exposure to carbon nanotubes. While effective in the clearance of bacterial pathogens and injured host cells, the ability of macrophages to "digest" carbonaceous nanoparticles has not been documented. Here, we used chemical, biochemical, and cell and animal models and demonstrated oxidative biodegradation of oxidatively functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes via superoxid ...[more]