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Table 4 Hydrodynamic size distribution of pristine, serum-coated, and digested+serum-coated MNPs

From: The in vitro gastrointestinal digestion-associated protein corona of polystyrene nano- and microplastics increases their uptake by human THP-1-derived macrophages

 

Pristine MNPs

Serum-coated MNPs

Digested+serum-coated MNPs

MNP

z-avg ± SD [nm]

PDI ± SD

z-avg ± SD [nm]

PDI ± SD

z-avg ± SD [nm]

PDI ± SD

PS50

84 ± 13

0.08 ± 0.05

117 ± 9

0.17 ± 0.01

285 ± 55

0.52 ± 0.11*

PS100

109 ± 1

0.02 ± 0.01

142 ± 4

0.08 ± 0.01*

165 ± 32

0.17 ± 0.08

PS100 (−)

106 ± 1

0.04 ± 0.01

160 ± 8

0.16 ± 0.03

255 ± 27

0.26 ± 0.10

PS100 (+)

1494 ± 214

0.24 ± 0.04

608 ± 6*

0.73 ± 0.29

1630 ± 304

0.63 ± 0.35

PS200

191 ± 1

0.02 ± 0.01

221 ± 2

0.03 ± 0.01

234 ± 2

0.09 ± 0.01*

PS500

561 ± 51

0.07 ± 0.04

544 ± 2

0.17 ± 0.02

531 ± 11

0.17 ± 0.02

PS1000

1160 ± 143

0.10 ± 0.04

1038 ± 61

0.27 ± 0.10

1009 ± 41

0.28 ± 0.13