Multi-walled carbon nanotube induced frustrated phagocytosis, cytotoxicity and pro-inflammatory conditions in macrophages are length dependent and greater than that of asbestos

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1513-1528

  Boyles, Matthew S P ^a   Young, Lesley ^a   Brown, David M ^a,b   MacCalman, Laura ^c   Cowie, Hilary ^c   Moisala, Anna ^d   Smail, Fiona ^d   Smith, Paula J W ^a   Proudfoot, Lorna ^a   Windle, Alan H ^d   Stone, Vicki ^a,b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Carbon nanotubes; Frustrated phagocytosis; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; IRON; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; AMOSITE; CARBON NANOTUBE; SOOT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EC50; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOOT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, AMOSITE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CCL2; HUMANS; IRON; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOOT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84935015451     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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