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. 2021 May 31;19:162. doi: 10.1186/s12951-021-00909-1

Fig. 13.

Fig. 13

Loss of lc3b caused higher release of copper ions in lung tissue of mice upon CuONPs treatment. Wild type and lc3b-/- mice were intratracheally instilled of vehicle or 5 mg/kg CuONPs, respectively, then the lung tissues of indicated groups were collected 3 days after treatment. The concentrations of copper ions in the lung tissues were determined. *indicates < 0.05 compared with indicated group