Nanoparticle incorporation of melittin reduces sperm and vaginal epithelium cytotoxicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Jallouk, Andrew P ^a   Moley, Kelle H ^a   Omurtag, Kenan ^a   Hu, Grace ^a   Lanza, Gregory M ^a   Wickline, Samuel A ^a   Hood, Joshua L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON; MELITTIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NANOPARTICLE; SPERM ADHESION MOLECULE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IC 50; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; ZETA POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSFORMED CELL LINE; VAGINA;

CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELITTEN; NANOPARTICLES; SPERMATOZOA; VAGINA;

EID: 84899679711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095411     Document Type: Article

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