Role of oxidative stress in carbon nanotube-generated health effects

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1939-1964

  Møller, Peter ^a   Christophersen, Daniel Vest ^a   Jensen, Ditte Marie ^a   Kermanizadeh, Ali ^a   Roursgaard, Martin ^a   Jacobsen, Nicklas Raun ^b   Hemmingsen, Jette Gjerke ^a   Danielsen, Pernille Høgh ^a   Cao, Yi ^a   Jantzen, Kim ^a   Klingberg, Henrik ^a   Hersoug, Lars Georg ^a   Loft, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carbon nanotubes; Comet assay; Endothelial dysfunction; Genotoxicity; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; ROS production

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON NANOTUBE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA DAMAGE; EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG DISEASES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84919723195     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-014-1356-x     Document Type: Review

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