Mitochondrial toxicity of cadmium telluride quantum dot nanoparticles in mammalian hepatocytes

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-42

  Nguyen, Kathy C ^a,b   Rippstein, Peter ^c   Tayabali, Azam F ^a   Willmore, William G ^b  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride quantum dots; Cellular respiration; Electron transport chain; Hepatocytes; Membrane potential; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; TELLURIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPG2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MAMMAL CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEP-G2 CELL LINE; MITOCHONDRION;

MAMMALIA;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM DOTS; TELLURIUM;

EID: 84936767881     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv068     Document Type: Article

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