Title : Carbon nanotubes degraded by neutrophil myeloperoxidase induce less pulmonary inflammation.

Pub. Date : 2010 May

PMID : 20364135






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1 Carbon nanotubes degraded by neutrophil myeloperoxidase induce less pulmonary inflammation. Carbon myeloperoxidase Homo sapiens
2 Here, we show that hypochlorite and reactive radical intermediates of the human neutrophil enzyme myeloperoxidase catalyse the biodegradation of single-walled carbon nanotubes in vitro, in neutrophils and to a lesser degree in macrophages. Carbon myeloperoxidase Homo sapiens