Toxicity assessment of anatase and rutile titanium dioxide nanoparticles: The role of degradation in different pH conditions and light exposure

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 201-210

  De Matteis, Valeria ^a   Cascione, Mariafrancesca ^a,b   Brunetti, Virgilio ^c   Toma, Chiara Cristina ^a,b   Rinaldi, Rosaria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Ions release; pH; Sunlight exposure; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL LINE; CATALYSIS; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DEGRADATION; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; INCUBATION TIME; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL; A-549 CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MCF-7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE;

A549 CELLS; CASPASE 3; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MCF-7 CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUNLIGHT; TITANIUM;

EID: 84992648134     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2016.09.010     Document Type: Article

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