Distribution and histologic effects of intravenously administered amorphous nanosilica particles in the testes of mice

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 420, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 297-301

  Morishita, Yuki ^a   Yoshioka, Yasuo ^a   Satoh, Hiroyoshi ^a   Nojiri, Nao ^a   Nagano, Kazuya ^b   Abe, Yasuhiro ^c   Kamada, Haruhiko ^a,b   Tsunoda, Shin ichi ^a,b   Nabeshi, Hiromi ^d   Yoshikawa, Tomoaki ^a   Tsutsumi, Yasuo ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodistribution; Nanomaterials; Reproductive toxicity; Safety

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS NANOSILICA PARTICLES; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TESTIS;

MUS;

EID: 84859435993     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.02.153     Document Type: Article

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