title: Exploring the immunotoxicity of carbon nanotubes.
abstract: Mass production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their applications in nanomedicine lead to the increased exposure risk of nanomaterials to human beings. Although reports on toxicity of nanomaterials are rapidly growing, there is still a lack of knowledge on the potential toxicity of such materials to immune systems. This article reviews some existing studies assessing carbon nanotubes' toxicity to immune system and provides the potential mechanistic explanation.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China. bing.yan@stjude.org.
authors.forename: Yanmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Qiu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qingxin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yan