Genotoxicity of carbon nanofibers: Are they potentially more or less dangerous than carbon nanotubes or asbestos?

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Kisin, E R ^a   Murray, A R ^a   Sargent, L ^a   Lowry, D ^a   Chirila, M ^a   Siegrist, K J ^a   Schwegler Berry, D ^a   Leonard, S ^a   Castranova, V ^a   Fadeel, B ^b   Kagan, V E ^c   Shvedova, A A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Cytotoxicity; DNA damage; Genotoxicity; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANEUGEN; ASBESTOS; CARBON NANOFIBER; CARBON NANOTUBE; CLASTOGEN; CROCIDOLITE; OXYGEN RADICAL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MACROPHAGE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

MURINAE;

EID: 79952631196     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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