Carbon nanotubes show no sign of acute toxicity but induce intracellular reactive oxygen species in dependence on contaminants

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-74

  Pulskamp, Karin ^a   Diabaté, Silvia ^a   Krug, Harald F ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alveolar epithelial cells; Alveolar macrophages; Carbon nanotubes; IL 8; Oxidative stress; TNF

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INTERLEUKIN 8; NANOTUBE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MACROPHAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33845410139     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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