Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Particle and Fibre Toxicology Best Paper Award 2016

PFTAward2017_small The best paper award was presented to Valentino and colleagues for their outstanding research paper on how maternal exposure to diesel engine exhaust can alter placental function and cause intergenerational effects. This paper was selected by the entire editorial board from a list of best accessed papers in 2016. The paper provides supporting evidence for the associations observed between maternal exposure to particulate air pollution and term birth weight.

The award was presented to Prof Cassee (co-author) by deputy Editor-in-Chief Dr Roel Schins at the Inhaled Particles XII conference in Glasgow.

Click here to see the winning article: Maternal exposure to diluted diesel engine exhaust alters placental function and induces intergenerational effects in rabbits

Aims and scope

Particle and Fibre Toxicology is a multi-disciplinary journal focused on understanding the physical properties and the chemistry of particles and fibres in relation to exposure in general and workplace environments and the resulting adverse human health effects (toxicity).

It is an open access, peer-reviewed journal functioning as a forum for debate and communication among toxicologists, as well as scientists from other disciplines that produce and develop particle and fibre materials, including material sciences, biomaterials and nanomedicine. In addition, there are diverse scenarios where particles may pose a toxicological threat due to new applications of old materials or introduction of new materials. Particle and Fibre Toxicology provides a single, identifiable outlet for all these disciplines.

Content type: Research
| 20 April 2018

Prenatal and early-life diesel exhaust exposure causes autism-like behavioral changes in mice

Authors: Yu-Chi Chang, Toby B. Cole and Lucio G. Costa
Content type: Research
| 17 April 2018

Exposure to concentrated ambient PM_2.5 alters the composition of gut microbiota in a murine model

Authors: Wanjun Wang, Ji Zhou, Minjie Chen, Xingke Huang, Xiaoyun Xie, Weihua Li, Qi Cao, Haidong Kan, Yanyi Xu and Zhekang Ying
Content type: Research
| 12 April 2018

Carbon black suppresses the osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells: the role of mitochondria

Authors: Yulai Shen, Lu Wu, Dongdong Qin, Yankai Xia, Zhu Zhou, Xuemei Zhang and Xin Wu
Content type: Research
| 11 April 2018

Detection of titanium particles in human liver and spleen and possible health implications

Authors: M. B. Heringa, R. J. B. Peters, R. L. A. W. Bleys, M. K. van der Lee, P. C. Tromp, P. C. E. van Kesteren, J. C. H. van Eijkeren, A. K. Undas, A. G. Oomen and H. Bouwmeester
Content type: Research
| 14 March 2018

Carbon load in airway macrophages as a biomarker of exposure to particulate air pollution; a longitudinal study of an international Panel

Authors: Yang Bai, Hannelore Bové, Tim S. Nawrot and Benoit Nemery

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Content type: Review
| 15 April 2013

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles: a review of current toxicological data

Authors: Hongbo Shi, Ruth Magaye, Vincent Castranova and Jinshun Zhao
Content type: Review
| 6 October 2005

Principles for characterizing the potential human health effects from exposure to nanomaterials: elements of a screening strategy

Authors: Günter Oberdörster, Andrew Maynard, Ken Donaldson, Vincent Castranova, Julie Fitzpatrick, Kevin Ausman, Janet Carter, Barbara Karn, Wolfgang Kreyling, David Lai, Stephen Olin, Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, David Warheit and Hong Yang
Content type: Review
| 14 August 2006

The potential risks of nanomaterials: a review carried out for ECETOC

Authors: Paul JA Borm, David Robbins, Stephan Haubold, Thomas Kuhlbusch, Heinz Fissan, Ken Donaldson, Roel Schins, Vicki Stone, Wolfgang Kreyling, Jurgen Lademann, Jean Krutmann, David Warheit and Eva Oberdorster
Content type: Research
| 4 July 2015

Preventing carbon nanoparticle-induced lung inflammation reduces antigen-specific sensitization and subsequent allergic reactions in a mouse model

Authors: Matthias Kroker, Ulrich Sydlik, Andrea Autengruber, Christian Cavelius, Heike Weighardt, Annette Kraegeloh and Klaus Unfried
Content type: Research
| 19 December 2014

Why does the hemolytic activity of silica predict its pro-inflammatory activity?

Authors: Cristina Pavan, Virginie Rabolli, Maura Tomatis, Bice Fubini and Dominique Lison

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Editor-in-Chief

Flemming R. Cassee works at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands and also has a position as professor in inhalation toxicology at the Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences of the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. He has been active in toxicology for more than 20 years with a prime interest in the adverse health effects of air pollutants and inhaled nanomaterials.

"The impact of toxicology is highly variable. In air pollution, standards are mostly based on epidemiology, whereas at the workplace or for specific substances, regulations are directed by toxicological information. I think that it remains a challenge to interact with each other. We also need to communicate our findings to those who use them. This requires a different language."

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