Gold nanoparticles uptake and cytotoxicity assessed on rat liver precision-cut slices

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 186-197

  Dragoni, Stefania ^a,b   Franco, Giulia ^a,b   Regoli, Marì ^a   Bracciali, Monica ^c   Morandi, Vittorio ^d   Sgaragli, Giampietro ^a,b   Bertelli, Eugenio ^a   Valoti, Massimo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO TOSCANO TUMORI   (Italy)

^c CABRO spa   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocytosis; Nanoparticles; Nanotoxicity; Uptake

Indexed keywords

7 ETHOXYCOUMARIN; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUTATHIONE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POVIDONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOSOME; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER SLICE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ENDOCYTOSIS; GOLD; LIVER; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84864144177     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfs150     Document Type: Article

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