Molecular modeling in structural nano-toxicology: Interactions of nano-particles with nano-machinery of cells

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2070-2077

  Yanamala, Naveena ^a   Kagan, Valerian E ^b   Shvedova, Anna A ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparable sizes of nanoparticles; Computational predictions; Inhibition of nano mechanisms; Molecular interactions; Nano bio interactions; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

COMBINED DIAGNOSTICS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLE; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; MACHINERY; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOPARTICLES;

ARGININE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; LYSINE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NANOPARTICLE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOSKELETON; DNA DAMAGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERACTIONS WITH DNA; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOTOXICOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

COMPARABLE SIZES OF NANOPARTICLES; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; INHIBITION OF NANO-MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; NANO-BIO INTERACTIONS; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE;

HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84888878340     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2013.05.005     Document Type: Review

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