Contamination of nanoparticles by endotoxin: Evaluation of different test methods

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Smulders, Stijn ^a   Kaiser, Jean Pierre ^b   Zuin, Stefano ^c   Van Landuyt, Kirsten L ^a   Golanski, Luana ^d   Vanoirbeek, Jeroen ^a   Wick, Peter ^b   Hoet, Peter H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Venice Research Consortium   (Italy)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; LAL assay; Nanoparticles; TLR4 reporter cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENDOTOXIN; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; ENZYME RELEASE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LIMULUS TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

LIMULUS;

EID: 84868573583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-9-41     Document Type: Article

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