Epigenetic effects of nano-sized materials

Toxicology

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-14

  Stoccoro, Andrea ^a   Karlsson, Hanna L ^b   Coppedè, Fabio ^c   Migliore, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; MicroRNA; Nano sized materials; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; NANOPARTICLE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE MODIFICATIONS; MICRORNA; NANO-SIZED MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84885870248     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: 18793185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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