In vitro mechanistic study towards a better understanding of ZnO nanoparticle toxicity

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 402-416

  Buerki Thurnherr, Tina ^a   Xiao, Lisong ^b   Diener, Liliane ^a   Arslan, Osman ^b   Hirsch, Cordula ^a   Maeder Althaus, Xenia ^a   Grieder, Kathrin ^a   Wampfler, Bruno ^a   Mathur, Sanjay ^b   Wick, Peter ^a   Krug, Harald F ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Oxidative stress; Particle dissolution; T cells; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CARBONATE; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MATERIAL COATING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CASPASES; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84877254457     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2012.666575     Document Type: Article

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