Nanoparticles and innate immunity: new perspectives on host defence

D Boraschi, P Italiani, R Palomba, P Decuzzi… - Seminars in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The innate immune system provides the first line of defence against foreign microbes and
particulate materials. Engineered nanoparticles can interact with the immune system in …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles impacts: Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, developmental toxicity, and neurotoxicity

S Singh - Toxicology mechanisms and methods, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is the most commonly used nanoparticles among different nanoparticles. Its
applications ranged from personal care products, sensors, antibacterial creams, and …

Application of copper nanoparticles in dentistry

VW Xu, MZI Nizami, IX Yin, OY Yu, CYK Lung, CH Chu - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles based on metal and metallic oxides have become a novel trend for dental
applications. Metal nanoparticles are commonly used in dentistry for their exclusive shape …

Nano-delivery to the lung-by inhalation or other routes and why nano when micro is largely sufficient?

V Forest, J Pourchez - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Respiratory diseases gather a wide range of disorders which are generally difficult to treat,
partly due to a poor delivery of drugs to the lung with adequate dose and minimum side …

A review of mammalian toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles

RJ Vandebriel, WH De Jong - Nanotechnology, science and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This review summarizes the literature on mammalian toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs)
published between 2009 and 2011. The toxic effects of ZnO NPs are due to the compound's …

On facing the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) with combination of nanomaterials and medicine: possible strategies and first challenges

VS Sivasankarapillai, AM Pillai, A Rahdar, AP Sobha… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Global health is facing the most dangerous situation regarding the novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome called coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is widely known as the …

Cytokines as biomarkers of nanoparticle immunotoxicity

M Elsabahy, KL Wooley - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoscale objects, whether of biologic origin or synthetically created, are being developed
into devices for a variety of bionanotechnology diagnostic and pharmaceutical applications …

Physicochemical characteristics of nanomaterials that affect pulmonary inflammation

HM Braakhuis, MVDZ Park, I Gosens… - Particle and fibre …, 2014 - Springer
The increasing manufacture and use of products based on nanotechnology raises concerns
for both workers and consumers. Various studies report induction of pulmonary inflammation …

Mechanisms of toxic action of Ag, ZnO and CuO nanoparticles to selected ecotoxicological test organisms and mammalian cells in vitro: A comparative review

A Ivask, K Juganson, O Bondarenko, M Mortimer… - …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Silver, ZnO and CuO nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly used as biocides. There
is however increasing evidence of their threat to “non-target” organisms. In such a context …

Pulmonary toxicity of carbon nanotubes and asbestos—similarities and differences

K Donaldson, CA Poland, FA Murphy… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes are a valuable industrial product but there is potential for human
pulmonary exposure during production and their fibrous shape raises the possibility that …