Direct interaction of food derived colloidal micronano-particles with oral macrophages

ARTICLE OPEN Direct interaction of food derived colloidal micro/nano- particles with oral macrophages Lijing Ke 1 , Huiqin Wang1 , Guanzhen Gao 1 , Pingfan Rao1 , Lei He 1 and Jianwu Zhou 1 Like any typical food system, bone soup (or broth), a traditional nourishing food in many cultures, contains a colloid dispersion of self-assembled micro/nano-particles. Food ingestion results in the direct contact of food colloidal MNPs with immune cells. Will they ever interact with each other? To answer...