Nanoparticle surface functionalization: how to improve biocompatibility and cellular internalization

G Sanità, B Carrese, A Lamberti - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The use of nanoparticles (NP) in diagnosis and treatment of many human diseases,
including cancer, is of increasing interest. However, cytotoxic effects of NPs on cells and the …

Epigenetic effects of nanomaterials and nanoparticles

M Pogribna, G Hammons - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2021 - Springer
The rise of nanotechnology and widespread use of engineered nanomaterials in everyday
human life has led to concerns regarding their potential effect on human health. Adverse …

Green synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles using Satureja hortensis essential oil toward superior antibacterial/fungal and anticancer performance

S Ahmadi, M Fazilati, H Nazem… - BioMed Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The biological synthesis of nanoparticles, due to their environmental and biomedical
properties, has been of particular interest to scientists and physicians. Here, iron …

Selenium nanoparticles induced variations in growth, morphology, anatomy, biochemistry, gene expression, and epigenetic DNA methylation in Capsicum annuum; …

S Sotoodehnia-Korani, A Iranbakhsh, M Ebadi… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to explore whether supplementation of the culture medium with selenium
nanoparticles (nSe) can influence growth, biochemistry, expression of transcription factors …

The promises and challenges of toxico-epigenomics: environmental chemicals and their impacts on the epigenome

FFL Chung, Z Herceg - Environmental Health Perspectives, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: It has been estimated that a substantial portion of chronic and
noncommunicable diseases can be caused or exacerbated by exposure to environmental …

Epigenetic aspects of engineered nanomaterials: is the collateral damage inevitable?

MR Gedda, PK Babele, K Zahra… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The extensive application of engineered nanomaterial (ENM) in various fields increases the
possibilities of human exposure, thus imposing a huge risk of nanotoxicity. Hence, there is …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNAs and xenobiotic toxicity: an overview

S Balasubramanian, K Gunasekaran, S Sasidharan… - Toxicology reports, 2020 - Elsevier
The advent of new technologies has paved the rise of various chemicals that are being
employed in industrial as well as consumer products. This leads to the accumulation of …

Machine Learning Analysis of the Impact of Silver Nitrate and Silver Nanoparticles on Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): Callus Induction, Plant Regeneration, and DNA …

A Türkoğlu, K Haliloğlu, F Demirel, M Aydin, S Çiçek… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to comprehend the efficiency of wheat regeneration, callus
induction, and DNA methylation through the application of mathematical frameworks and …

New formula of the green synthesised Au@ Ag core@ shell nanoparticles using propolis extract presented high antibacterial and anticancer activity

N Rezk, AS Abdelsattar, S Makky, AH Hussein… - AMB Express, 2022 - Springer
Antimicrobial alternatives such as nanoparticles are critically required to tackle bacterial
infections, especially with the emerging threat of antibiotic resistance. Therefore, this study …

The effect of nanomaterials on DNA methylation: A review

A Valente, L Vieira, MJ Silva, C Ventura - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that involves the addition of a methyl group to
a cytosine residue in CpG dinucleotides, which are particularly abundant in gene promoter …