Carbon dots: A safe nanoscale substance for the immunologic system of mice

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Gao, Zhongcai ^a   Shen, Guangxia ^b   Zhao, Xiunan ^a   Dong, Na ^a   Jia, Peiyuan ^a   Wu, Junhua ^a   Cui, Daxiang ^a   Zhang, Yingge ^a   Wang, Yuxia ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dots; Cytokine; Immune function; Splenocyte proliferation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MACROPHAGES; T-CELLS;

CARBON DOTS; CYTOKINES; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; IMMUNE FUNCTION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES; SPLENOCYTE PROLIFERATION;

MAMMALS;

MUS;

EID: 84881222321     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-276     Document Type: Article

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