Critical role of surface chemical modifications induced by length shortening on multi-walled carbon nanotubes-induced toxicity

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bussy, Cyrill ^a,b,c,h   Pinault, Mathieu ^d   Cambedouzou, Julien ^c,i   Landry, Marion J ^a,b   Jegou, Pascale ^e   Mayne L'hermite, Martine ^d   Launois, Pascale ^c   Boczkowski, Jorge ^a,b,f,g   Lanone, Sophie ^a,b,g  

^a INSERM U955   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Length; Macrophages; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; DEFEROXAMINE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ULTRASOUND;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PARTICLE SIZE; RNA, MESSENGER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MURINAE;

EID: 84869872980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-9-46     Document Type: Article

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