Deciphering the underlying mechanisms of oxidation-state dependent cytotoxicity of graphene oxide on mammalian cells

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 61-71

  Zhang, Wendi ^a   Yan, Liang ^b   Li, Meng ^c   Zhao, Ruisheng ^b   Yang, Xiao ^a   Ji, Tianjiao ^a   Gu, Zhanjun ^b   Yin, Jun Jie ^c   Gao, Xingfa ^b   Nie, Guangjun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometry; Graphene oxide (GO); Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NANOMATERIAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; GRAPHITE; OXIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; INTERNALIZATION; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84931264274     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.05.021     Document Type: Article

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