Cytotoxity of nanoparticles is influenced by size, proliferation and embryonic origin of the cells used for testing

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 424-439

  Fröhlich, Eleonore ^a   Meindl, Claudia ^a   Roblegg, Eva ^b   Griesbacher, Antonia ^a   Pieber, Thomas R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cell lines; Cytotoxicity; Nanoparticles; Nanotoxicology; Particle toxicology

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL POLYSTYRENE; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MICE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTES; POLYSTYRENES; RATS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84860796920     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2011.586478     Document Type: Article

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