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Magnetite pollution nanoparticles in the human brain
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Significance: We identify the abundant presence in the human brain of magnetite nanoparticles that match precisely the high-temperature magnetite nanospheres, formed by combustion and/or friction-derived heating, which are prolific in urban, airborne particulate matter (PM). Because many of the airborne magnetite pollution particles are <200 nm in diameter, they can enter the brain directly through the olfactory nerve and by crossing the damaged olfactory unit. This discovery is important because nanoscale magnetite can respond to external magnetic fields, and is toxic to the brain, being implicated in production of damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS). Because enhanced ROS production is causally linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, exposure to such airborne PM-derived magnetite nanoparticles might need to be examined as a possible hazard to human health.
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- Maher, B. A., Ahmed, I. A. M., Karloukovski, V., MacLaren, D. A., Foulds, P. G., Allsop, D., Mann, D. M. A., Torres-Jardón, R., & Calderon-Garciduenas, L.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2016-09-06
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 39
- Pages
- 10797-10801
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2511433639
- Cited by
- 1,047
- References
- 29
- FWCI
- 42.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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