Comprehensive analysis of the effects of CdSe quantum dot size, surface charge, and functionalization on primary human lung cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4748-4762

  Nagy, Amber ^a   Steinbrück, Andrea ^b   Gao, Jun ^a   Doggett, Norman ^a   Hollingsworth, Jennifer A ^b   Iyer, Rashi ^a  

^a Bioscience Division   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchial epithelial cells; cytotoxicity; mitochondrial function; quantum dots; reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CELLULAR VIABILITY; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DNA DAMAGES; END POINTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; HUMAN BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN LUNG CELLS; MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION; MOLECULAR LEVELS; N-ACETYL CYSTEINE; POSITIVELY CHARGED; PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGANDS; OXYGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CYTOTOXICITY;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BRONCHI; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84862852666     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204886b     Document Type: Article

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