Comprehensive evaluation of in vitro toxicity of three large-scale produced carbon nanotubes on human Jurkat T cells and a comparison to crocidolite asbestos

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-338

  Thurnherr, Tina ^a   Su, Dang Sheng ^b   Diener, Liliane ^a   Weinberg, Gisela ^b   Manser, Pius ^a   Pfnder, Norbert ^b   Arrigo, Rosa ^b   Schuster, Manfred E ^b   Wick, Peter ^a   Krug, Harald F ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Carbon nanotubes; Immunotoxicity; Oxidative stress; T cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; CROCIDOLITE; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NANOTOXICOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 71449091693     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390903276958     Document Type: Article

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