Figure 4. NGF immunoreactivity in TiO2-exposed airway epithelia.
NGF immunoreactivity increased in human nasal, bronchial, and alveolar epithelial cells exposed to 10 μg/ml of TiO2-NP for 24 hr. Immunostaining was done with rabbit polyclonal NGF antibody and Alexa-Fluor 488 conjugated secondary anti-rabbit antibody. Nuclei were stained with DAPI. Cells were visualized using an EC Plan-Neofluar 1.30 oil DIC M27 objective. Magnification = 40X.