Genotoxicity evaluation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles using the Ames test and Comet assay

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 934-943

  Woodruff, Robert S ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Yan, Jian ^b   Bishop, Michelle ^b   Jones, M Yvonne ^b   Watanabe, Fumiya ^c   Biris, Alexandru S ^c   Rice, Penelope ^a   Zhou, Tong ^a   Chen, Tao ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Ames test; Comet assay; Genotoxicity; Mutations; Titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE; DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE III; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SALMONELLA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL LINE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NANOPARTICLES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TITANIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

EID: 84866848416     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2781     Document Type: Article

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