Mechanisms of pulmonary toxicity and medical applications of carbon nanotubes: Two faces of Janus?

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-204

  Shvedova, A A ^a,b   Kisin, E R ^a   Porter, D ^a,b   Schulte, P ^a   Kagan, V E ^c   Fadeel, B ^d   Castranova, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Carbon nanotubes; Cellular interactions; Nanotoxicology; Pulmonary toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MUTAGENS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 59849113938     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2008.10.009     Document Type: Review

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