TY - JOUR AU - Swedin, Linda AU - Arrighi, Romanico AU - Andersson-Willman, Britta AU - Murray, Ashley AU - Chen, Yunying AU - Karlsson, Mikael C. I. AU - Georén, Susanna Kumlien AU - Tkach, Alexey V. AU - Shvedova, Anna A. AU - Fadeel, Bengt AU - Barragan, Antonio AU - Scheynius, Annika PY - 2012 DA - 2012/05/23 TI - Pulmonary exposure to single-walled carbon nanotubes does not affect the early immune response against Toxoplasma gondii JO - Particle and Fibre Toxicology SP - 16 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) trigger pronounced inflammation and fibrosis in the lungs of mice following administration via pharyngeal aspiration or inhalation. Human exposure to SWCNT in an occupational setting may occur in conjunction with infections and this could yield enhanced or suppressed responses to the offending agent. Here, we studied whether the sequential exposure to SWCNT via pharyngeal aspiration and infection of mice with the ubiquitous intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii would impact on the immune response of the host against the parasite. SN - 1743-8977 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-8977-9-16 DO - 10.1186/1743-8977-9-16 ID - Swedin2012 ER -