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Pharmaceutical/food grade titanium dioxide particles are absorbed into the bloodstream of human volunteers

Overview of attention for article published in Particle and Fibre Toxicology, September 2015
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Title
Pharmaceutical/food grade titanium dioxide particles are absorbed into the bloodstream of human volunteers
Published in
Particle and Fibre Toxicology, September 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12989-015-0101-9
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Laetitia C. Pele, Vinay Thoree, Sylvaine FA Bruggraber, Dagmar Koller, Richard PH Thompson, Miranda C. Lomer, Jonathan J. Powell

Abstract

Exposure to persistent engineered nano and micro particles via the oral route is well established. Animal studies have demonstrated that, once ingested, a small proportion of such particles translocate from the gastrointestinal tract to other tissues. Exposure to titanium dioxide is widespread via the oral route, but only one study has provided indirect evidence (total titanium analyses) of absorption into the blood stream in humans. We sought to replicate these observations and to provide additional evidence for particulate uptake. Human volunteers with normal intestinal permeability were orally administered 100 mg pharmaceutical/food grade titanium dioxide. Blood samples were collected from 0.5 to 10 h post ingestion and analysed for the presence of reflectant bodies (particles) by dark field microscopy, and for total titanium by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Blood film analyses implied early absorption of particles (2 h) with a peak maximum at 6 h following ingestion. The presence of these reflectant particles in blood roughly mirrored the levels of total titanium by ICP-MS, providing good evidence for the latter being a measure of whole particle (titanium dioxide) absorption. This study shows that a fraction of pharmaceutical/food grade titanium dioxide is absorbed systemically by humans following ingestion. It confirms that at least two routes of particle uptake may exist in the human gut- one proximal and one distal. Further work should quantify human exposure and uptake of such persistent particles.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
France 1 1%
Unknown 76 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 14%
Student > Master 10 13%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Other 13 17%
Unknown 19 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 16%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 14%
Chemistry 10 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 4%
Other 11 14%
Unknown 27 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 October 2023.
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#2,134,052
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#78
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#27,994
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#2
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