Aluminum nanoparticle exposure in L1 larvae results in more severe lethality toxicity than in L4 larvae or young adults by strengthening the formation of stress response and intestinal lipofuscin accumulation in nematodes

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Wu, Si ^a   Lu, Jianhong ^a   Rui, Qi ^b   Yu, Shunhui ^c   Cai, Ting ^a   Wang, Dayong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum nanoparticle; Caenorhabditis elegans; Developmental stage; Lethality; Lipofuscin accumulation; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOFUSCIN; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVAL STAGE; LETHALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTESTINES; LARVA; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOFUSCIN; NANOPARTICLES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 78650185102     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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