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  • Title: Behavior of magnetic particles in hamster lungs: estimates of clearance and cytoplasmic motility.
    Author: Gehr P, Brain JD, Nemoto I, Bloom SB.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol; 1983 Oct; 55(4):1196-202. PubMed ID: 6629952.
    Abstract:
    Ferrimagnetic particles suspended in saline were instilled intratracheally into the lungs of Syrian golden hamsters. The particles were magnetized and aligned by applying an external magnetic field. Upon removal of the external field, the particles produced a remanent magnetic field from the lungs which decayed due to random misalignment of the particles (relaxation). Magnetization and relaxation measurements were performed immediately after instillation, then repeatedly during the first 24 h, and finally at intervals of several days up to 30 days after the instillation. The size of the initial remanent magnetic field immediately following each external magnetization is a measure of the amount of iron oxide in the lungs. It decreased with time, reflecting particle clearance. The rate of relaxation increased steeply during the first 12 h after the instillation and decreased slowly between the 5th and 30th day. Changes in the location of particles from extracellular to intracellular sites and movements from ectoplasmic to endoplasmic sites within cells may be responsible for the observed changes in relaxation rates with time.
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