Label-free in vitro toxicity and uptake assessment of citrate stabilised gold nanoparticles in three cell lines

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vetten, Melissa A ^a,b   Tlotleng, Nonhlanhla ^a,b   Tanner Rascher, Delia ^c   Skepu, Amanda ^c   Keter, Frankline K ^c   Boodhia, Kailen ^a   Koekemoer, Leigh Anne ^a   Andraos, Charlene ^a,b   Tshikhudo, Robert ^c   Gulumian, Mary ^a,b  

^a National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MINTEK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cell impedance; Gold nanoparticles; Hyperspectral imaging; in vitro toxicity; Label free; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CITRIC ACID; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL LABELING; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRAIN BEAS 2B; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DARK FIELD HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CITRIC ACID; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GOLD; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84885063070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-10-50     Document Type: Article

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