Tissue histology and physiology following intravenous administration of different types of functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Nanomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-161

  Lacerda, Lara ^a   Ali Boucetta, Hanene ^a   Herrero, Maria A ^b   Pastorin, Giorgia ^c   Bianco, Alberto ^c   Prato, Maurizio ^b   Kostarelos, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Functionalized carbon nanotubes; Histology; Mice; Nanomedicine; Nanotoxicology; Pharmacology; Urine analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; KETONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NITRITE; PENTETIC ACID; PLASMA PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; UREA; UROBILINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; LUNG; MATERIAL COATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPLEEN; TOXICITY TESTING; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NANOTUBES, CARBON; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 42949094111     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17435889.3.2.149     Document Type: Article

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