School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Nanoscale Res Lett. 2008 Aug 20;3(8):271-7. doi: 10.1007/s11671-008-9153-1.
Mass production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their applications in nanomedicine lead to the increased exposure risk of nanomaterials to human beings. Although reports on toxicity of nanomaterials are rapidly growing, there is still a lack of knowledge on the potential toxicity of such materials to immune systems. This article reviews some existing studies assessing carbon nanotubes' toxicity to immune system and provides the potential mechanistic explanation.
大规模生产的碳纳米管（CNTs）及其在纳米医学中的应用导致纳米材料对人类的暴露风险增加。尽管关于纳米材料毒性的报告迅速增加，但对于这些材料对免疫系统的潜在毒性仍缺乏了解。本文综述了一些评估碳纳米管对免疫系统毒性的现有研究，并提供了潜在的机制解释。
