Multiwalled carbon nanotubes induce altered morphology and loss of barrier function in human bronchial epithelium at noncytotoxic doses

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4093-4105

  Snyder, Ryan J ^a   Hussain, Salik ^a   Rice, Annette B ^a   Garantziotis, Stavros ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial epithelium; Cytoskeleton; Human; Morphology; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Transepithelial electrical resistance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; FIBRONECTIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; OCCLUDIN; PHALLOIDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSEPITHELIAL ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; BRONCHUS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMPEDANCE; METABOLISM;

BRONCHI; CELL DEATH; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84930009430     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S65567     Document Type: Article

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