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were not assessed in these studies.
Several in vitro studies dealt with the mechanism of cytokine induction after AgNP exposure. Incubation of human mesenchymal stem cells and of peripheral blood monocytes with the same PVP-AgNP that were used in the present study induced a concentration-dependent
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Figure 1:
Representative transmission (A) and scanning electron (B) images of PVP-coated AgNP.