To investigate the toxic effects on mice by intratracheal instillation of nAl2O3, male Balb/c mice were randomly divided into six groups: saline group, 50 mg•kg-1•d-1 Vitamin E group, 0.5 mg•kg-1•d-1 nAl2O3 group, 5 mg•kg-1•d-1 nAl2O3 group, 50 mg•kg-1•d-1 nAl2O3 group, nAl2O3 50+Vit E group. For consecutive 21 days, mice were intratracheally instilled once every other day and gavaged with Vitamin E. The ROS and GSH contents in lung, spleen, liver, and kidney were measured, the pathology in lung was observed and the cell number in the a...