Alveolar epithelial cell injury due to zinc oxide nanoparticle exposure

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1398-1409

  Kim, Yong Ho ^a,b   Fazlollahi, Farnoosh ^a,c   Kennedy, Ian M ^d   Yacobi, Nazanin R ^a,c   Hamm Alvarez, Sarah F ^a   Borok, Zea ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Jin ^a,b,c   Crandall, Edward D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial monolayers; Mitochondrial damage; Plasma membrane integrity; Reactive oxygen species; Zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NANOPARTICLE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENZYME RELEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOCHONDRIA; NANOPARTICLES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TIME FACTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 78649832039     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201002-0185OC     Document Type: Article

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