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Th2 cytokine bias induced by silver nanoparticles in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of common bottlenose dolphins ( <i>Tursiops truncatus</i> )
2018-07-23
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<h4>Background: </h4> Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been widely used in many commercial products due to their excellent antibacterial ability. The AgNPs are released into the environment, gradually accumulate in the ocean, and may affect animals at high trophic level, such as cetaceans and humans, via the food chain. Hence, the negative health impacts caused by AgNPs in cetaceans are of concern. Cytokines play...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 94e748f7-55b1-52ca-b1a7-3554d4210b4a
- DOI
- 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27049v1
