Cellular uptake and toxic effects of fine and ultrafine metal-sulfate particles in human A549 lung epithelial cells

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2687-2703

  Könczöl, Mathias ^a,b   Goldenberg, Ella ^b   Ebeling, Sandra ^b   Schäfer, Bianca ^b   Garcia Käufer, Manuel ^a   Gminski, Richard ^a   Grobéty, Bernard ^c   Rothen Rutishauser, Barbara ^d   Merfort, Irmgard ^b   Gieré, Reto ^b   Mersch Sundermann, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLESITE; CALCIUM SULFATE; COAL; GUNNINGITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CELL CYCLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMBUSTION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MICRONUCLEUS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; COAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; SULFATES;

EID: 84871252736     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx300333z     Document Type: Article

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