Is the toxic potential of nanosilver dependent on its size?

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Huk, Anna ^a,b   Izak Nau, Emilia ^b,c   Reidy, Bogumila ^d   Boyles, Matthew ^b   Duschl, Albert ^b   Lynch, Iseult ^e   Dušinska, Maria ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; DNA damage; Inflammation; Mutagenicity; Silver nanomaterials; Size related nanomaterial toxicity; Uptake and localisation

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTACOID; CCL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOSTASIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA OXIDATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HPRT GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME FACTOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LUNG; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924264193     PISSN: 17438977     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12989-014-0065-1     Document Type: Article

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