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Pro-inflammatory adjuvant properties of pigment-grade titanium dioxide particles are augmented by a genotype that potentiates interleukin 1β processing.
Particle and fibre toxicology - 8 Dec 2017
Riedle Sebastian, Pele Laetitia C, Otter Don E, Hewitt Rachel E, Singh Harjinder, Roy Nicole C, Powell Jonathan J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pigment-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles are an additive to some foods (E171 on ingredients lists), toothpastes, and pharma-/nutraceuticals and are absorbed, to some extent, in the human intestinal tract. TiO2 can act as a modest adjuvant in the secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 1β (IL-1β) when triggered by common intestinal bacterial fragments, such as lipopolysaccharide...
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