The cytotoxic activity of amorphous silica nanoparticles is mainly influenced by surface area and not by aggregation

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-203

  Rabolli, Virginie ^a   Thomassen, Leen C J ^b   Uwambayinema, Francine ^a   Martens, Johan A ^b   Lison, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cytotoxicity; Nanoparticles; Silica

Indexed keywords

DISPERSANT; NANOPARTICLE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADHESION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIALYSIS; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MACROPHAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

3T3 CELLS; ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; CYTOCHALASIN D; ENDOCYTOSIS; FIBROBLASTS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80052092114     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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