Cytotoxicity and cellular uptake of tri-block copolymer nanoparticles with different size and surface characteristics

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bhattacharjee, Sourav ^a   Ershov, Dmitry ^a   Fytianos, Kleanthis ^a   van der Gucht, Jasper ^a   Alink, Gerrit M ^a   Rietjens, Ivonne M C M ^a   Marcelis, Antonius T M ^a   Zuilhof, Han ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Intracellular uptake; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Polymer nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CAVEOLIN; CLATHRIN; COPOLYMER; MANNOSE; MANNOSE RECEPTOR; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROXYLATION; INTERNALIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CACO-2 CELLS; CELL SURVIVAL; ENTEROCYTES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862214435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-9-11     Document Type: Article

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