The role of nanotechnology in tackling global water challenges

MS Mauter, I Zucker, F Perreault, JR Werber… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sustainable provision of safe, clean and adequate water supply is a global challenge. Water
treatment and desalination technologies remain chemically and energy intensive, ineffective …

[HTML][HTML] Toxicology of silica nanoparticles: an update

S Murugadoss, D Lison, L Godderis… - Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
Large-scale production and use of amorphous silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have increased
the risk of human exposure to SiNPs, while their health effects remain unclear. In this review …

Engineering tumoral vascular leakiness with gold nanoparticles

MI Setyawati, Q Wang, N Ni, JK Tee, K Ariga… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Delivering cancer therapeutics to tumors necessitates their escape from the surrounding
blood vessels. Tumor vasculatures are not always sufficiently leaky. Herein, we engineer …

Nanoparticles promote in vivo breast cancer cell intravasation and extravasation by inducing endothelial leakiness

F Peng, MI Setyawati, JK Tee, X Ding, J Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
While most cancer nanomedicine is designed to eliminate cancer, the nanomaterial per se
can lead to the formation of micrometre-sized gaps in the blood vessel endothelial walls …

Nanoparticle colloidal stability in cell culture media and impact on cellular interactions

TL Moore, L Rodriguez-Lorenzo, V Hirsch… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanomaterials are finding increasing use for biomedical applications such as imaging,
diagnostics, and drug delivery. While it is well understood that nanoparticle (NP) physico …

Research recommendations to better understand the potential health impacts of microplastics to humans and aquatic ecosystems

LM Thornton Hampton, H Bouwmeester… - Microplastics and …, 2022 - Springer
To assess the potential risk of microplastic exposure to humans and aquatic ecosystems,
reliable toxicity data is needed. This includes a more complete foundational understanding …

Rational engineering of physicochemical properties of nanomaterials for biomedical applications with nanotoxicological perspectives

PN Navya, HK Daima - Nano Convergence, 2016 - Springer
Innovative engineered nanomaterials are at the leading edge of rapidly emerging fields of
nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine. Meticulous synthesis, unique physicochemical …

Preparation, characterization, and in vitro dosimetry of dispersed, engineered nanomaterials

GM DeLoid, JM Cohen, G Pyrgiotakis, P Demokritou - Nature protocols, 2017 - nature.com
Evidence continues to grow of the importance of in vitro and in vivo dosimetry in the hazard
assessment and ranking of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). Accurate dose metrics are …

Investigations of acute effects of polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride micro-and nanoplastics in an advanced in vitro triple culture model of the healthy and inflamed …

M Busch, G Bredeck, AAM Kämpfer, RPF Schins - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The continuous degradation of plastic waste in the environment leads to the generation of
micro-and nanoplastic fragments and particles. Due to the ubiquitous presence of plastic …

Invited review: human air-liquid-interface organotypic airway tissue models derived from primary tracheobronchial epithelial cells—overview and perspectives

X Cao, JP Coyle, R Xiong, Y Wang, RH Heflich… - In Vitro Cellular & …, 2021 - Springer
The lung is an organ that is directly exposed to the external environment. Given the large
surface area and extensive ventilation of the lung, it is prone to exposure to airborne …