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. 2021 Nov 8;11:21846. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01177-7

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Intracellular localization and metal content of primary human epithelial cells from the small airways exposed to welding particles. The cells were exposed to 50 µg/mL of stainless steel or mild steel particles for 24 h. (A) The cellular uptake and intracellular localization of the particles was evaluated by TEM. (B) SEM images focused on the intracellular welding particles are included as example. (C) The intracellular concentrations of Fe, Mn, Ni and Cr were quantified by ICP-MS and the results expressed as pg of metal per cell. In this figure (C) was created using GraphPad Prism version 8.3.0.