An in vitro study of vascular endothelial toxicity of CdTe quantum dots

Toxicology

Volumn 282, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 94-103

  Yan, Ming ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Xu, Kedi ^a   Fu, Tao ^a   Qin, Haiyan ^a   Zheng, Xiaoxiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Quantum dots; Reactive oxygen species; Vascular endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; QUANTUM DOT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TELLURIUM; THIOMALIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXICITY; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG CARRIERS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; QUANTUM DOTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM; THIOMALATES;

EID: 79952314659     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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