Carbon nanotubes: a novel material for multifaceted applications in human healthcare

S Kumar, R Rani, N Dilbaghi, K Tankeshwar… - Chemical society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Remarkable advances have been achieved in modern material technology, especially in
device fabrication, and these have facilitated the use of diverse materials in various …

[HTML][HTML] Transition metal impurities in carbon-based materials: Pitfalls, artifacts and deleterious effects

W Kiciński, S Dyjak - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
From carbides in steel to cobalt–carbon covalent bonds in vitamin B 12, transition metal (TM)–
carbon interactions play a critical role in so many aspects of human life that we rarely realize …

Protein bio-corona: critical issue in immune nanotoxicology

M Neagu, Z Piperigkou, K Karamanou, AB Engin… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
With the expansion of the nanomedicine field, the knowledge focusing on the behavior of
nanoparticles in the biological milieu has rapidly escalated. Upon introduction to a complex …

Toxicity of carbon nanomaterials to plants, animals and microbes: Recent progress from 2015-present

M Chen, S Zhou, Y Zhu, Y Sun, G Zeng, C Yang, P Xu… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has gained significant development over the past decades, which led to the
revolution in the fields of information, medicine, industry, food security and aerospace …

Short-term effects of airport-associated ultrafine particle exposure on lung function and inflammation in adults with asthma

R Habre, H Zhou, SP Eckel, T Enebish, S Fruin… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP, particles with aerodynamic diameter< 100
nm) is associated with reduced lung function and airway inflammation in individuals with …

Ammonia inhalation impaired immune function and mitochondrial integrity in the broilers bursa of fabricius: implication of oxidative stress and apoptosis

SWA Shah, J Chen, Q Han, Y Xu, M Ishfaq… - … and environmental safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is considered as environmental pollutant and toxic agent for animals and
humans including poultry. Previous reports demonstrated that NH 3 suppressed broilers …

Comparison of the level and mechanisms of toxicity of carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, and silicon nanotubes in bioassay with four marine microalgae

K Pikula, V Chaika, A Zakharenko, Z Markina… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles (NPs) have various applications in medicine, cosmetics, optics, catalysis,
environmental purification, and other areas nowadays. With an increasing annual …

Caulerpa lentillifera polysaccharides enhance the immunostimulatory activity in immunosuppressed mice in correlation with modulating gut microbiota

Y Sun, Y Liu, C Ai, S Song, X Chen - Food & function, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, the immunostimulatory activity of Caulerpa lentillifera polysaccharides (CLP)
was elucidated in cytoxan (CTX)-induced immunosuppressed BALB/c mice. The results …

Emerging aspects of nanotoxicology in health and disease: from agriculture and food sector to cancer therapeutics

Z Piperigkou, K Karamanou, AB Engin, C Gialeli… - Food and Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is an evolving scientific field that has allowed the manufacturing of
materials with novel physicochemical and biological properties, offering a wide spectrum of …

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes trigger lysosome-dependent cell death (pyroptosis) in macrophages but not in neutrophils

S Keshavan, G Gupta, S Martin, B Fadeel - Nanotoxicology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively investigated, and several studies have
shown that multi-walled CNTs can trigger inflammation and fibrosis in animal models …