Repeated exposure to carbon nanotube-based aerosols does not affect the functional properties of a 3D human epithelial airway model

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 983-993

  Chortarea, Savvina ^a   Clift, Martin J D ^a   Vanhecke, Dimitri ^a   Endes, Carola ^a   Wick, Peter ^b   Petri Fink, Alke ^a   Rothen Rutishauser, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air liquid interface; alternative testing strategy; hazard assessment; in vitro lung system; multi walled carbon nanotubes; repeated exposures

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 8; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; AEROSOL; AUTACOID; CARBON NANOTUBE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

A549 CELL LINE; AEROSOL; AIR LIQUID INTERFACE CELL EXPOSURE SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NEBULIZATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; LUNG; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AEROSOLS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 84942984155     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2014.993344     Document Type: Article

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