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A spike in inflammation

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Particle nanofeatures activate the inflammasome and influence immunity.

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Fig. 1: Crystalline substrates and ‘spiky’ TiO2 particles activate the NLRP3 inflammasome.

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  1. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Brandon M. Johnson, Robert D. Junkins & Jenny P.-Y. Ting

  2. Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Jenny P.-Y. Ting

  3. Center for Translation Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Jenny P.-Y. Ting

  4. Institute for Inflammatory Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Jenny P.-Y. Ting

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Johnson, B.M., Junkins, R.D. & Ting, J.PY. A spike in inflammation. Nature Nanotech 13, 980–981 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0292-y

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