Biological effects of double-walled carbon nanotubes on the innate immune system: An in vitro study on THP-1 human monocytes

摘要

DWCNTs have numerous industrial and biomedical applications and several studies reported that they could act as immunomodulator systems. The immune system is the first line of defence of the human body when exposed to particulate matter. In order to investigate DWCNTs' role on innate immunity, we used THP-1 monocytic cells for the purpose of this study.