Combination of small size and carboxyl functionalisation causes cytotoxicity of short carbon nanotubes

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1211-1224

  Fröhlich, Eleonore ^a   Meindl, Claudia ^a   Höfler, Anita ^b   Leitinger, Gerd ^a   Roblegg, Eva ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Necrosis; Oxidative stress; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CARBOXYL GROUP; FORMAZAN; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ADHERENT CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXYLATION; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT SCATTERING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84885146154     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2012.729274     Document Type: Article

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