Neutrophils as Main Players of Immune Response Towards Nondegradable Nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Many nano/microparticles (n/µP), to which our body is exposed, have no physiological way of removal. Our immune system sense these "small particulate objects", and tries to decrease their harmfulness. Since oxidation, phagocytosis and other methods of degradation do not work with small, chemically resistant, and hydrophobic nanoparticles (nP). This applies to soot from air pollution, nano-diamonds from cosmic impact, polishing and related machines, synthetic polymers, and dietary n/µP. Our body tries to separate these from the surrounding tissue using aggregates from neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). This effectively works in soft tissues where n/µP are entrapped into granuloma-like structures and isolated. The interactions of hydrophobic nanocrystals with circulating or ductal patrol

SUBMITTER: Bilyy R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7408411 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature