Biological reactivity of zinc oxide nanoparticles with mammalian test systems: An overview

Nanomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2075-2092

  Saptarshi, Shruti R ^a   Duschl, Albert ^b   Lopata, Andreas L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

apoptosis; cytokines; cytotoxicity; genotoxicity; in vivo; inflammation; reactive oxygen species; zinc ions

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; CYTOTOXIN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISSOLUTION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYTOTOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLAMMATION; MUTAGENS; NANOPARTICLES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84937469076     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.44     Document Type: Review

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