The fate of ZnO nanoparticles administered to human bronchial epithelial cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4921-4930

  Gilbert, Benjamin ^a   Fakra, Sirine C ^a   Xia, Tian ^b   Pokhrel, Suman ^c   Mädler, Lutz ^c   Nel, André E ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cellular uptake; nanotoxicology; X ray spectromicroscopy; ZnO cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; CELL SURFACES; CELLULAR UPTAKE; CHEMICAL FORMS; DIRECT IDENTIFICATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS; MOLECULAR LIGANDS; NANOTOXICOLOGY; X-RAY MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; X-RAY SPECTROMICROSCOPY; XRAY IMAGING; ZINC ACCUMULATION; ZINC IONS; ZINC OXIDE NANOMATERIALS; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; DISSOLUTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TOXICITY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRONCHI; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84862891546     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn300425a     Document Type: Article

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