Cytocompatibility evaluation of gum Arabic-coated ultra-pure boron nitride nanotubes on human cells

Nanomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 773-788

  Ciofani, Gianni ^a   Del Turco, Serena ^b   Rocca, Antonella ^a,c   De Vito, Giuseppe ^d,e   Cappello, Valentina ^d   Yamaguchi, Maho ^f   Li, Xia ^f   Mazzolai, Barbara ^a   Basta, Giuseppina ^b   Gemmi, Mauro ^d   Piazza, Vincenzo ^d   Golberg, Dmitri ^f   Mattoli, Virgilio ^a  

^a Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^e CENTER FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION NEST   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

biocompatibility; boron nitride nanotubes; gum Arabic; HUVECs; SH SY5Y

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; GUM ARABIC; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; BIOMATERIAL; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON NITRIDE; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; TOXICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BORON COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; GUM ARABIC; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NANOTUBES;

EID: 84903761973     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.14.25     Document Type: Article

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