Polyhexamethyleneguanidine phosphate induces severe lung inflammation, fibrosis, and thymic atrophy

•The target organs of PHMG-P exposed to lungs were the lungs and the thymus.•PHMG-P induces pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis in a dose-dependent manner.•PHMG-P exposure to the lungs results thymic atrophy and reduction in CD4+/CD8+ cell ratio. Polyhexamethyleneguanidine phosphate (PHMG-P) has bee...

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