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Ren D, Li Y, Xue Y, Tang X, Yong L, Li Y. A study using LC-MS/MS-based metabolomics to investigate the effects of iron oxide nanoparticles on rat liver. NANOIMPACT 2021; 24:100360. [PMID: 35559819 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2021.100360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are widely used in food additives, but their metabolic mechanism in the body is still unclear. In this study, male Sprague-Dawley rats were orally administered with IONPs for 28 days to investigate the adverse effect and metabolic mechanism on liver by the combination of traditional toxicology technology and liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based metabolomics. The results showed that IONPs could increase the concentration of blood glucose and the metabolites in the liver of the control and IONPs-treated group were significantly changed. A total of 32 different metabolites were found, including choline, Phosphatidylcholine (PC), Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), Phosphatidylserine (PS), etc. Pathway analysis based on KEGG database demonstrated that the glycerophospholipid metabolism pathway would be affected. And the expression of the key enzymes of altered metabolomics pathway was further verified at the transcription level. In short, our study clarified oral exposure to IONPs would induce lipid metabolism disorders in the liver of rats, which provided useful information about their safety and potential risks.
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- Dongxia Ren
- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Safety Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Sichuan, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Smith LC, Moreno S, Robinson S, Orandle M, Porter DW, Das D, Saleh NB, Sabo-Attwood T. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes inhibit estrogen receptor expression in vivo and in vitro through transforming growth factor beta1. NANOIMPACT 2019; 14:100152. [PMID: 32313843 PMCID: PMC7169977 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2019.100152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Exposure to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) is suspected to contribute to pulmonary fibrosis through modulation of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-β1). There is growing evidence that estrogen signaling is important in pulmonary function and modulates pro-fibrogenic signaling in multiple models of pulmonary fibrosis, however an interaction between MWCNT exposure and estrogen signaling in the lung is not known. The purpose of this work was to determine whether estrogen signaling in the lung is a target for MWCNTs and to identify potential signaling mechanisms mediating MWCNT-induced responses using a whole-body inhalation mouse model and an in vitro human lung cell model. Mice exposed to MWCNTs had reduced mRNA expression of estrogen receptor alpha and beta (Esr1 and Esr2, respectively) in lung tissue at multiple time-points post-exposure, whereas expression of g-protein coupled estrogen receptor1 (Gper1) was more variable. We localized ESR1 protein expression as primarily associated with bronchioles and within inflammatory macrophages. The reduction in estrogen receptor expression was concomitant to an increase in TGF-β1 levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of MWCNT-exposed animals. We confirmed a role for TGF-β1 in mediating MWCNT-induced repression of ESR1 mRNA expression using a TGF-β type-I receptor inhibitor in bronchial epithelial cells in vitro. Overall these results highlight a novel mechanism of MWCNT-induced signaling where MWCNT-induced regulation of TGF-β1 represses estrogen receptor expression. Dysregulated estrogen signaling through altered receptor expression may have potential consequences on lung function.
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- L. Cody Smith
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA
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- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA
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- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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Phuyal S, Kasem M, Knittelfelder O, Sharma A, Fonseca DDM, Vebraite V, Shaposhnikov S, Slupphaug G, Skaug V, Zienolddiny S. Characterization of the proteome and lipidome profiles of human lung cells after low dose and chronic exposure to multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Nanotoxicology 2018; 12:138-152. [PMID: 29350075 DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2018.1425500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The effects of long-term chronic exposure of human lung cells to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and their impact upon cellular proteins and lipids were investigated. Since the lung is the major target organ, an in vitro normal bronchial epithelial cell line model was used. Additionally, to better mimic exposure to manufactured nanomaterials at occupational settings, cells were continuously exposed to two non-toxic and low doses of a MWCNT for 13-weeks. MWCNT-treatment increased ROS levels in cells without increasing oxidative DNA damage and resulted in differential expression of multiple anti- and pro-apoptotic proteins. The proteomic analysis of the MWCNT-exposed cells showed that among more than 5000 identified proteins; more than 200 were differentially expressed in the treated cells. Functional analyses revealed association of these differentially regulated proteins to cellular processes such as cell death and survival, cellular assembly, and organization. Similarly, shotgun lipidomic profiling revealed accumulation of multiple lipid classes. Our results indicate that long-term MWCNT-exposure of human normal lung cells at occupationally relevant low-doses may alter both the proteome and the lipidome profiles of the target epithelial cells in the lung.
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- Santosh Phuyal
- a Department of Chemical and Biological Work Environment , National Institute of Occupational Health , Oslo , Norway
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- a Department of Chemical and Biological Work Environment , National Institute of Occupational Health , Oslo , Norway
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- c Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine , Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim , Norway.,d Proteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility (PROMEC) , NTNU and the Central Norway Regional Health Authority , Trondheim , Norway
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- c Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine , Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim , Norway.,d Proteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility (PROMEC) , NTNU and the Central Norway Regional Health Authority , Trondheim , Norway
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- c Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine , Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim , Norway.,d Proteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility (PROMEC) , NTNU and the Central Norway Regional Health Authority , Trondheim , Norway
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- a Department of Chemical and Biological Work Environment , National Institute of Occupational Health , Oslo , Norway
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- a Department of Chemical and Biological Work Environment , National Institute of Occupational Health , Oslo , Norway
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Duke KS, Bonner JC. Mechanisms of carbon nanotube-induced pulmonary fibrosis: a physicochemical characteristic perspective. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 10:e1498. [PMID: 28984415 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) with numerous beneficial applications. However, they could pose a risk to human health from occupational or consumer exposures. Rodent models demonstrate that exposure to CNTs via inhalation, instillation, or aspiration results in pulmonary fibrosis. The severity of the fibrogenic response is determined by various physicochemical properties of the nanomaterial such as residual metal catalyst content, rigidity, length, aggregation status, or surface charge. CNTs are also increasingly functionalized post-synthesis with organic or inorganic agents to modify or enhance surface properties. The mechanisms of CNT-induced fibrosis involve oxidative stress, innate immune responses of macrophages, cytokine and growth factor production, epithelial cell injury and death, expansion of the pulmonary myofibroblast population, and consequent extracellular matrix accumulation. A comprehensive understanding of how physicochemical properties affect the fibrogenic potential of various types of CNTs should be considered in combination with genetic variability and gain or loss of function of specific genes encoding secreted cytokines, enzymes, or intracellular cell signaling molecules. Here, we cover the current state of the literature on mechanisms of CNT-exposed pulmonary fibrosis in rodent models with a focus on physicochemical characteristics as principal drivers of the mechanisms leading to pulmonary fibrosis. This article is categorized under: Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Nanomedicine for Respiratory Disease Toxicology and Regulatory Issues in Nanomedicine > Toxicology of Nanomaterials.
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- Katherine S Duke
- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Riebeling C, Jungnickel H, Luch A, Haase A. Systems Biology to Support Nanomaterial Grouping. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 947:143-171. [PMID: 28168668 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47754-1_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The assessment of potential health risks of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) is a challenging task due to the high number and great variety of already existing and newly emerging ENMs. Reliable grouping or categorization of ENMs with respect to hazards could help to facilitate prioritization and decision making for regulatory purposes. The development of grouping criteria, however, requires a broad and comprehensive data basis. A promising platform addressing this challenge is the systems biology approach. The different areas of systems biology, most prominently transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics, each of which provide a wealth of data that can be used to reveal novel biomarkers and biological pathways involved in the mode-of-action of ENMs. Combining such data with classical toxicological data would enable a more comprehensive understanding and hence might lead to more powerful and reliable prediction models. Physico-chemical data provide crucial information on the ENMs and need to be integrated, too. Overall statistical analysis should reveal robust grouping and categorization criteria and may ultimately help to identify meaningful biomarkers and biological pathways that sufficiently characterize the corresponding ENM subgroups. This chapter aims to give an overview on the different systems biology technologies and their current applications in the field of nanotoxicology, as well as to identify the existing challenges.
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- Christian Riebeling
- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department of Chemical and Product Safety, Berlin, Germany.
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Suman S, Mishra S, Shukla Y. Toxicoproteomics in human health and disease: an update. Expert Rev Proteomics 2016; 13:1073-1089. [DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2016.1252676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Shankar Suman
- Proteomics and Environmental Carcinogenesis Laboratory, Food, Drug and Chemical Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Lucknow, India
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- Proteomics and Environmental Carcinogenesis Laboratory, Food, Drug and Chemical Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Lucknow, India
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- Proteomics and Environmental Carcinogenesis Laboratory, Food, Drug and Chemical Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Lucknow, India
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Nath Roy D, Goswami R, Pal A. Nanomaterial and toxicity: what can proteomics tell us about the nanotoxicology? Xenobiotica 2016; 47:632-643. [PMID: 27414072 DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2016.1205762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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1. In the last few years, a substantial scientific work is focused to identify the potential toxicity of nanomaterials by studying the cellular pathways under in vitro and in vivo conditions. Owing to high surface area to volume ratio nanoparticles (NPs) can pass through cell membranes which might be responsible for creating adverse interactions in biological systems. Simultaneously, researchers are also interested to assess the fate of NP inside the living system, which may lead to altered protein expression as well as protein corona formation. 2. According to published reports, NP-mediated toxicity involves altered cellular system including cell morphology, cell differentiation, cell metabolism, cell mobility, cellular immunity, which is derived from the side effects of nanoformulation and leading to apoptosis and necrosis. These results indicate the existence of potential toxic effect of these particles to human health. 3. The advent of proteomics with sophisticated technical improvement coupled with advanced bioinformatics has led to identify altered proteins due to nanomaterial exposure that could provide a new avenue to biomarker discovery. 4. This review aims to provide the current status of safe production and use of nanomaterials.
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- Dijendra Nath Roy
- a Department of Bioengineering , National Institute of Technology , Agartala , Tripura , India
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- b Division of Biological & Life Sciences , School of Arts & Sciences, Ahmedabad University , Ahmedabad , Gujarat , India , and
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- c Department of Human Physiology , Tripura University , Suryamaninagar , Tripura , India
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Proteomic approach to nanotoxicity. J Proteomics 2016; 137:35-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2015] [Revised: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Al Moustafa AE, Mfoumou E, Roman DE, Nerguizian V, Alazzam A, Stiharu I, Yasmeen A. Impact of single-walled carbon nanotubes on the embryo: a brief review. Int J Nanomedicine 2016; 11:349-55. [PMID: 26855573 PMCID: PMC4725643 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s96361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered one of the most interesting materials in the 21st century due to their unique physiochemical characteristics and applicability to various industrial products and medical applications. However, in the last few years, questions have been raised regarding the potential toxicity of CNTs to humans and the environment; it is believed that the physiochemical characteristics of these materials are key determinants of CNT interaction with living cells and hence determine their toxicity in humans and other organisms as well as their embryos. Thus, several recent studies, including ours, pointed out that CNTs have cytotoxic effects on human and animal cells, which occur via the alteration of key regulator genes of cell proliferation, apoptosis, survival, cell-cell adhesion, and angiogenesis. Meanwhile, few investigations revealed that CNTs could also be harmful to the normal development of the embryo. In this review, we will discuss the toxic role of single-walled CNTs in the embryo, which was recently explored by several groups including ours.
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- Ala-Eddin Al Moustafa
- College of Medicine & Biomedical Research Centre, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
- Oncology Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Syrian Research Cancer Centre of the Syrian Society against Cancer, Aleppo, Syria
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- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Costa PM, Fadeel B. Emerging systems biology approaches in nanotoxicology: Towards a mechanism-based understanding of nanomaterial hazard and risk. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2015; 299:101-11. [PMID: 26721310 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2015.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Engineered nanomaterials are being developed for a variety of technological applications. However, the increasing use of nanomaterials in society has led to concerns about their potential adverse effects on human health and the environment. During the first decade of nanotoxicological research, the realization has emerged that effective risk assessment of the multitudes of new nanomaterials would benefit from a comprehensive understanding of their toxicological mechanisms, which is difficult to achieve with traditional, low-throughput, single end-point oriented approaches. Therefore, systems biology approaches are being progressively applied within the nano(eco)toxicological sciences. This novel paradigm implies that the study of biological systems should be integrative resulting in quantitative and predictive models of nanomaterial behaviour in a biological system. To this end, global 'omics' approaches with which to assess changes in genes, proteins, metabolites, etc. are deployed allowing for computational modelling of the biological effects of nanomaterials. Here, we highlight omics and systems biology studies in nanotoxicology, aiming towards the implementation of a systems nanotoxicology and mechanism-based risk assessment of nanomaterials.
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- Pedro M Costa
- Nanosafety & Nanomedicine Laboratory, Division of Molecular Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Nanosafety & Nanomedicine Laboratory, Division of Molecular Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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