Carbon nanotubes - Curse or blessing

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2115-2128

  Kaiser, J P ^a   Roesslein, M ^a   Buerki Thurnherr, T ^a   Wick, P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Comparability; Interlaboratory comparisons; Medical application; Metrological principles; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; CELL PROTEIN; FOLATE RECEPTOR; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYPOCHLORITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUNG FIBROSIS; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 79957963831     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986711795656171     Document Type: Article

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