Multiwalled carbon nanotube buckypaper: Toxicology and biological effects in vitro and in vivo

Nanomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-540

  Bellucci, S ^a   Chiaretti, M ^a,b   Cucina, A ^b   Carru, G A ^c   Chiaretti, Al ^d  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Buckypaper; Cancerous cell proliferation; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BUCKYPAPER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MALE; MOUSE; NANOCHEMISTRY; NANOIMAGING; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN FIBROSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TOXICITY TESTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NEOPLASMS; RATS;

EID: 68249157196     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.09.36     Document Type: Article

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