Immunotoxicity assessment of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in macrophages, lymphocytes and BALB/c mice

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Xiaomei ^a,b   Tian, Jinglin ^a,b   Yong, Ken Tye ^c   Zhu, Xuedan ^b   Lin, Marie Chia Mi ^b   Jiang, Wenxiao ^b   Li, Jiefeng ^b   Huang, Qijun ^b   Lin, Guimiao ^b  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenzhen University School of Medicine   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Immunotoxicity; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MAMMALS; NANOCRYSTALS; TOXICITY;

CDSE/ZNS QUANTUM DOTS; CELL VIABILITY; IMMUNE DEFENSE; IMMUNE FUNCTION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PERITONEAL MACROPHAGE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE QUANTUM DOT; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; QUANTUM DOT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFIDE QUANTUM DOT; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CPG-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; SULFIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NANOPARTICLES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; QUANTUM DOTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SULFIDES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84958160752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14773155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12951-016-0162-4     Document Type: Article

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