The Potential Liver, Brain, and Embryo Toxicity of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Mice

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Jia, Xiaochuan ^a,b   Wang, Shuo ^a   Zhou, Lei ^b   Sun, Li ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Technical Center of Industrial Product of Tianjin Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Brain toxicity; Fetus toxicity; Liver toxicity; Nanoparticle; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISKS; MAMMALS; NANOPARTICLES; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; INFLAMMATORY CELLS; LIVER TOXICITY; NANOSCALE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

TOXICITY;

EID: 85026898277     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-2242-2     Document Type: Article

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