Revisiting the paradigm of silica pathogenicity with synthetic quartz crystals: The role of crystallinity and surface disorder

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Turci, Francesco ^a   Pavan, Cristina ^a   Leinardi, Riccardo ^a   Tomatis, Maura ^a   Pastero, Linda ^a   Garry, David ^b   Anguissola, Sergio ^b   Lison, Dominique ^c   Fubini, Bice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conchoidal fracture; Crystallinity; Membranolysis; Quartz; Radicals; Silanols; Silica; Surface charge; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; SILICON DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DUST; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE OXIDATIVE POTENTIAL; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHANGE; SYNTHETIC QUARTZ CRYSTAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DUST; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; RAW 264.7 CELL LINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DUST; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; QUARTZ; RAW 264.7 CELLS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84973560619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12989-016-0136-6     Document Type: Article

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