In vitro biological responses to nanofibrillated cellulose by human dermal, lung and immune cells: surface chemistry aspect

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• 作者：Viviana R. Lopes ; Carla Sanchez-Martinez ; Maria Strømme…
• 关键词：Cytotoxicity ; Inflammation ; Nanocellulose ; Surface chemistry
• 刊名：Particle and Fibre Toxicology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：14
• 期：1
• 全文大小：4425KB
• 刊物主题：Pharmacology/Toxicology; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Nanotechnology; Public Health; Environmental Health;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1743-8977
• 卷排序：14

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BackgroundNanocellulose, and particularly nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC), has been proposed for a diversity of applications in industry and in the biomedical field. Its unique physicochemical and structural features distinguish nanocellulose from traditional materials and enable its use as an advance nanomaterial. However, its nanoscale features may induce unknown biological responses. Limited studies with NFC are available and the biological impacts of its use have not been thoroughly explored. This study assesses the in vitro biological responses elicited by wood-derived NFC gels, when human dermal fibroblasts, lung MRC-5 cells and THP-1 macrophage cells are exposed to the nanomaterial. Furthermore, whether the presence of surface charged groups (i.e. carboxymethyl and hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium groups) on NFC can induce distinct biological responses is investigated.