Raw single-walled carbon nanotube-induced cytotoxic effects in human bronchial epithelial cells: Comparison to asbestos

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1045-1072

  Pacurari, Maricica ^a   Schwegler Berry, Diane ^a   Friend, Sherri ^a   Leonard, Steven S ^a   Mercer, Robert R ^a   Vallyathan, Val ^a   Castranova, Vincent ^a  

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

Author keywords

AKT; Carbon nanotubes; Caspase 3 7; Crocidolite; Cytotoxicity; Gene expression; MAPK; Molecular mechanism; PARP; Poptosis

Indexed keywords

AKT; CASPASES; CROCIDOLITE; MAPK; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PARP; POPTOSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ASBESTOS; CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

APOPTOSIS; ASBESTOS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INHIBITION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TOXIC MATERIAL; TUMOR;

EID: 79958016544     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.571530     Document Type: Article

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