Cytotoxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in three skin cellular models: Effects of sonication, dispersive agents and corneous layer of reconstructed epidermis

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-97

  Vankoningsloo, Sebastien ^a   Piret, Jean Pascal ^a   Saout, Christelle ^a   Noel, Florence ^a   Mejia, Jorge ^a   Zouboulis, Christos C ^b   Delhalle, Joseph ^a   Lucas, Stephane ^a   Toussaint, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Dispersive agent; Epidermis; Keratinocyte; Sebocyte; Sonication

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLOXAMER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPIDERMIS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SONICATION;

EID: 77749316860     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390903428869     Document Type: Article

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