Interplay of calcium and cadmium in mediating cadmium toxicity

G Choong, Y Liu, DM Templeton - Chemico-biological interactions, 2014 - Elsevier
The environmentally important toxic metal, cadmium, exists as the Cd 2+ ion in biological
systems, and in this state structurally resembles Ca 2+. Thus, although cadmium exerts a …

Evaluation of exposure concentrations used in assessing manufactured nanomaterial environmental hazards: are they relevant?

PA Holden, F Klaessig, RF Turco… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) are increasingly produced and used in consumer
goods, yet our knowledge regarding their environmental risks is limited. Environmental risks …

Cellular distribution and cytotoxicity of graphene quantum dots with different functional groups

X Yuan, Z Liu, Z Guo, Y Ji, M Jin, X Wang - Nanoscale research letters, 2014 - Springer
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) have been developed as promising optical probes for
bioimaging due to their excellent photoluminescent properties. Additionally, the …

Biosynthesis of luminescent CdS quantum dots using plant hairy root culture

MN Borovaya, AP Naumenko, NA Matvieieva… - Nanoscale research …, 2014 - Springer
CdS nanoparticles have a great potential for application in chemical research, bioscience
and medicine. The aim of this study was to develop an efficient and environmentally-friendly …

Facile synthesis of chitosan-capped ZnS quantum dots as an eco-friendly fluorescence sensor for rapid determination of bisphenol A in water and plastic samples

X Cao, F Shen, M Zhang, J Bie, X Liu, Y Luo, J Guo… - RSC Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper describes a novel eco-friendly fluorescence sensor for determination of
bisphenol A (BPA) based on chitosan-capped ZnS quantum dots (QDs). By using safe and …

Evidence of autophagy in Tripanosoma Cruzi cells by quantum dots

WA Marques, SAO Gomes, DB Almeida, JPF Pacheco… - 2014 - arca.fiocruz.br
Nanotoxicity by quantum dots (QDs) has been extensively studied in prokarionte and
eukaryonte cells. In this context, we are using QDs capped with mercaptoacetic acid …

Quantum dots genosensor for Her2/Neu oncogene-a breast cancer biomarker

XG Fuku - 2014 - etd.uwc.ac.za
The human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)-family of receptor tyrosine kinases;
human epidermal growth factor receptor 1, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 …