Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Nanotoxicology

New insights into nanotubes

Nature Nanotechnology volume 4, pages 708–710 (2009)Cite this article

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes inhaled by mice can reach the outer lining of the lungs and cause scarring.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Movement of particles through the lung.

References

  1. Ryman-Rasmussen, J. P. et al. Nature Nanotech. 4, 747–751 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Poland, C. A. et al. Nature Nanotech. 3, 423–428 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Shvedova, A. A. et al. Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell Mol. Physiol. 289, L698–L708 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Muller, K. M., Schmitz, I. & Konstantinidis, K. Respiration 69, 261–267 (2002).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Mitchev, K., Dumortier, P. & De Vuyst, P. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 26, 1198–1206 (2002).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Ken Donaldson and Craig A. Poland are at the University of Edinburgh, Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.,

    Ken Donaldson & Craig A. Poland

Authors
  1. Ken Donaldson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Craig A. Poland
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ken Donaldson.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Donaldson, K., Poland, C. New insights into nanotubes. Nature Nanotech 4, 708–710 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.327

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.327

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing