Research progress on occupational exposure to carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes-induced pulmonary fibrosis / 中国职业医学
China Occupational Medicine
;
(6): 230-234, 2023.
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en Chino
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-996554
ABSTRACT
Carbon nanotube (CNT), as a new nanomaterial, is widely used in commercial and industrial production. The occupational exposure of workers involved in CNT production and manufacturing is gradually increasing. CNT mainly enters the human body through the respiratory system, and mainly exerts toxic effects on the respiratory system, including decreased lung function, lung inflammation, and pulmonary fibrosis. Pulmonary fibrosis, as one of the important diseases caused by CNT exposure, has attracted attention and been studied. The process of pulmonary fibrosis induced by CNT has four stages acute pulmonary inflammatory response, structural destruction and parenchymal injury of lung tissue, impaired lung tissue repair and pulmonary fibrosis. The molecular mechanisms of CNT induced pulmonary fibrosis may be related to cell proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, fibroblast-myofibroblast differentiation, pulmonary inflammation, immune response and oxidative stress. In the future, it is needed to explore the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis caused by CNT through animal experiments, and carry out large sample and multi-center epidemiological studies for verification.
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China Occupational Medicine
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2023
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