Short versus long silver nanowires: a comparison of in vivo pulmonary effects post instillation

Table 3 Summary of histopathology findings

Responses observed in lung tissues	S-AgNWs			L-AgNWs
Responses observed in lung tissues	Day 1	Day 7	Day 21	Day 1	Day 7	Day 21
Cellular Exudate in Alveoli		X	X		X	X
Epithelial Sloughing			X	X	X
Langhans Cells in Tissues		X	X
Tissue Granulomas			X		X	X
*Alveolar Inflammation				X	X
*Bronchiolar Inflammation					X
*Particle- Associated Inflammation	X	X	X	X	X	X

“*” indicates that results were confirmed by statistical comparisons to control groups at a p value ≤ 0.05.

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