Short- and long-term toxicities of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 900-912

  Tang, Shaoxian ^a   Tang, Yuechao ^a   Zhong, Lingling ^a   Murat, Kumuruz ^a   Asan, Gvlqikra ^a   Yu, Jerry ^b   Jian, Rongrong ^a   Wang, Changchun ^a   Zhou, Ping ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer drug; Biocompatibility; Carbon nanotube; Functionalization; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; MACROGOL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SHORT LENGTH MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MICE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84866863566     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2748     Document Type: Article

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