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THP-1 cells as a suitable screening tool for NLRP3 inflammasome activation applied to micro- and nanoplastics (raw data)
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This is a raw data release associated with a study examining THP-1 monocyte cells as a model for testing NLRP3 inflammasome activation by micro- and nanoplastics. The dataset supports validation of this cell model for plastic particle toxicity screening.
Raw data of the manuscript "THP-1 cells as a suitable screening tool for NLRP3 inflammasome activation applied to micro- and nanoplastics"
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