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An imaging study begins to define the parameters that control the biodistribution of nanoparticles after pulmonary delivery.

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Figure 1: Schematic of nanoparticle translocation from the lung epithelium to regional lymph nodes and blood circulation.

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  1. Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Stephanie Hirn and Carsten Schleh are at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, and Focus Network Nanoparticles and Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany.,

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Kreyling, W., Hirn, S. & Schleh, C. Nanoparticles in the lung. Nat Biotechnol 28, 1275–1276 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1735

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