Mechanism of cellular uptake of genotoxic silica nanoparticles

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mu, Qingshan ^a,b   Hondow, Nicole S ^a   Krzemiński, Łukasz ^a   Brown, Andy P ^a   Jeuken, Lars J C ^a   Routledge, Michael N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Genotoxicity; Model membrane; Nanoparticles; Non endocytotic uptake; Silica

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMELLAR BODY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTAGENS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 84867814859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-9-29     Document Type: Article

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