ArticleParticle and fibre toxicology2009
Mesothelioma: Do asbestos and carbon nanotubes pose the same health risk?
Article in Particle and fibre toxicology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 144 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Analysis of mesothelioma cases and National Cancer Registry data to assess asbestos exposure in India.Public health action · 2024Article
- Toxicologic Concerns with Current Medical Nanoparticles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Retained particle surface area dose drives inflammation in rat lungs following acute, subacute, and subchronic inhalation of nanomaterials.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2021Article
- Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles Induce Toxicity in Human Endothelial HUVECs via Lipid Peroxidation, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Autophagy Modulation.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- In Silico Transcriptomic Analysis of Wound-Healing-Associated Genes in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- The asbestos-carbon nanotube analogy: An update.Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2018Review
- Evaluating the effect of immune cells on the outcome of patients with mesothelioma.British journal of cancer · 2017Article
- STAT1-dependent and -independent pulmonary allergic and fibrogenic responses in mice after exposure to tangled versus rod-like multi-walled carbon nanotubes.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2017Article
- Evaluating the mechanistic evidence and key data gaps in assessing the potential carcinogenicity of carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in humans.Critical reviews in toxicology · 2017Review
- Induction of cancer-associated fibroblast-like cells by carbon nanotubes dictates its tumorigenicity.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Mesothelioma response to carbon nanotubes is associated with an early and selective accumulation of immunosuppressive monocytic cells.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2016Article
- Gene expression profile of human lung epithelial cells chronically exposed to single-walled carbon nanotubes.Nanoscale research letters · 2015Article
- Induction of stem-like cells with malignant properties by chronic exposure of human lung epithelial cells to single-walled carbon nanotubes.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2014Article
- Effect of fiber length on carbon nanotube-induced fibrogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2014Article
- Free radical scavenging and formation by multi-walled carbon nanotubes in cell free conditions and in human bronchial epithelial cells.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2014Article
- Pulmonary toxicity and fibrogenic response of carbon nanotubes.Toxicology mechanisms and methods · 2013Review
- Mechanisms of nanoparticle-induced oxidative stress and toxicity.BioMed research international · 2013Article
- Effect of MWCNT surface and chemical modification on in vitro cellular response.Journal of nanoparticle research : an interdisciplinary forum for nanoscale science and technology · 2012Article
- Nanoparticles in the environment: assessment using the causal diagram approach.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2012Review
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Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the product of new technology, may be used in a wide range of applications. Because they present similarities to asbestos fibres in terms of their shape and size, it is legitimate to raise the question of their safety for human health. Recent animal and cellular studies suggest that CNTs elicit tissue and cell responses similar to those observed with asbestos fibres, which increases concern about the adverse biological effects of CNTs. While asbestos fibres' mechanisms of action are not fully understood, sufficient results are available to develop hypotheses about the significant factors underlying their damaging effects. This review will summarize the current state of knowledge about the biological effects of CNTs and will discuss to what extent they present similarities to those of asbestos fibres. Finally, the characteristics of asbestos known to be associated with toxicity will be analyzed to address the possible impact of CNTs.
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