Crucial Role of Lateral Size for Graphene Oxide in Activating Macrophages and Stimulating Pro-inflammatory Responses in Cells and Animals

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 10498-10515

  Ma, Juan ^a   Liu, Rui ^a   Wang, Xiang ^b   Liu, Qian ^a   Chen, Yunan ^a   Valle, Russell P ^c   Zuo, Yi Y ^c   Xia, Tian ^b   Liu, Sijin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene oxide; macrophages; nanotoxicology; plasma membrane; pro inflammatory responses

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MACROPHAGES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SOLUTIONS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NANOTOXICOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

GRAPHENE;

CYTOKINE; GRAPHITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NANOSTRUCTURES; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 84945964202     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04751     Document Type: Article

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