Does vitreous silica contradict the toxicity of the crystalline silica paradigm?

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 620-629

  Ghiazza, Mara ^a   Polimeni, Manuela ^a   Fenoglio, Ivana ^a   Gazzano, Elena ^a   Ghigo, Dario ^a   Fubini, Bice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; FERROUS GLUCONATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; RADICAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITREOUS SILICA; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISPERSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION; HEAT; HYDROPHILICITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXINS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77949419135     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx900369x     Document Type: Article

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