Silver nanoparticles up-regulate Connexin43 expression and increase gap junctional intercellular communication in human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-195

  Deng, Furong ^a   Olesen, Ping ^b   Foldbjerg, Rasmus ^b   Dang, Duy Anh ^b   Guo, Xinbiao ^a   Autrup, Herman ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Lung cells; Nanoparticles; Silver

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNEXIN 43; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYVINYLS; PYRROLIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77952850183     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390903576451     Document Type: Article

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