An investigation into the potential for different surface-coated quantum dots to cause oxidative stress and affect macrophage cell signalling in vitro

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-149

  Clift, Martin J D ^a,b   Boyles, Matthew S P ^a   Brown, David M ^a   Stone, Vicki ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcium signalling; Glutathione (GSH); Macrophages; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Quantum dots (QDs)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTATHIONE; QUANTUM DOT; TROLOX C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77952851563     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390903276925     Document Type: Article

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