UV-enhanced cytotoxicity of thiol-capped CdTe quantum dots in human pancreatic carcinoma cells

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-111

  Chang, Shu quan ^a   Dai, Yao dong ^a   Kang, Bin ^a   Han, Wei ^a   Mao, Ling ^b   Chen, Da ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Quantum dots; Reactive oxygen species; UV illumination

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILLUMINATION; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67349167662     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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