Mechanisms of toxicity by carbon nanotubes

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 178-195

  Rodriguez Yañez, Yury ^a   Muñoz, Balam ^b   Albores, Arnulfo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biological interactions; Carbon nanotubes; Human health; Toxicity mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CRYOPYRIN; GRAPHENE; I KAPPA B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; K RAS PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ABSORPTION; APOPTOSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHIRALITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ELIMINATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG TOXICITY; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN TOXICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84879562087     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2012.754534     Document Type: Review

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