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Fig. 1 | Particle and Fibre Toxicology

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From: Saharan dust induces NLRP3-dependent inflammatory cytokines in an alveolar air-liquid interface co-culture model

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Cumulative agglomerate size distributions of area equivalent diameters. Suspensions of DQ12 quartz dust (A, C) and Saharan dust (B, D) in endotoxin-free H2O containing 1.25% PBS were sonicated and nebulized onto 0.1 μm pore-size nucleopore filters. SEM images were obtained at a nominal magnification of 5,000 x (pixel size: 6.2 nm). Images A and B show excerpts from images used for size determination. For 500 agglomerates, the area equivalent diameter was determined based on Feretmax and Feretmin diameters (C, D)

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Particle and Fibre Toxicology

ISSN: 1743-8977

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