Molecular characterization of the cytotoxic mechanism of multiwall carbon nanotubes and nano-onions on human skin fibroblast

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2448-2464

  Ding, Lianghao ^a   Stilwell, Jackie ^a   Zhang, Tingting ^a,e   Elboudwarej, Omeed ^a   Jiang, Huijian ^a,f   Selegue, John P ^b   Cooke, Patrick A ^c,g   Gray, Joe W ^a,d   Chen, Fanqing Frank ^a,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

^f A and Z Pharmaceutical Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC MECHANISM; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION;

CELLS; CHARACTERIZATION; CYTOLOGY; SKIN; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; PROTEOME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; LUNG; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LUNG; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PROTEOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN;

EID: 30744432141     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl051748o     Document Type: Article

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