id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-258019-njky7v5x Kinaret, Pia A.S. Covid-19 acute responses and possible long term consequences: What nanotoxicology can teach us 2020-08-10 .txt text/plain 1359 79 40 However, similarities between the responses to SARS-CoV-2 and certain nanomaterials suggest fibrotic pulmonary disease as a concern for public health in the next future. Also rigid multi-walled carbon nanotubes (rMWCNT), among other nanomaterials, induce innate immune response by activation of NF-κB, STAT3 and HIF-1/2, and consequent cytokine cascade [15, 16] . As the Covid-19 disease progresses, massive damage of the pulmonary tissue occurs by induction of an uncontrolled innate immune response, mainly mediated by M1 pro-inflammatory macrophages and granulocytes. Moreover, up-regulation of antigen processing pathways, RIG-1 and several viral-induced human disease pathways have been reported consequently to carbon nanomaterial exposure, both in vitro [23] and in murine lung in vivo [19, 24] . On the other hand, certain nanoparticles might induce lung fibrosis by a combination of metabolic tissue damage and primary activation of the innate immune cells. Here we summarized noticeable cellular and molecular similarities between the acute responses to both SARS-CoV-2 infection and certain nanomaterials exposure. ./cache/cord-258019-njky7v5x.txt ./txt/cord-258019-njky7v5x.txt