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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2017

An In Vitro Study of the Photodynamic Effectiveness of GO-Ag Nanocomposites against Human Breast Cancer Cells.

Fozia Shaheen, Muhammad Hammad Aziz, Muhammad Fakhar-E-Alam, Muhammad Atif, Mahvish Fatima, Riaz Ahmad, Atif Hanif, Saqib Anwar, Fatima Zafar, Ghazanfar Abbas and 2 more

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Fozia ShaheenDepartment of Physics, Government College (GC) University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. scarletfozia@yahoo.co.in.
Muhammad Hammad AzizDepartment of Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. hammadaziz@ciitlahore.edu.pk.
Muhammad Fakhar-E-AlamDepartment of Physics, Government College (GC) University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan. fakharphy@gmail.com.
Muhammad AtifDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. atifhull@gmail.com.
Mahvish FatimaDepartment of Physics, University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. mahvish.fatima@phys.uol.edu.pk.
Riaz AhmadThe Centre for Advanced Studies in Physics (CASP), Government College (GC) University, Church Road, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. ahriaz@gcu.edu.pk.
Atif HanifBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. ahchaudhry@ksu.edu.sa.
Saqib AnwarIndustrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia. sanwar@ksu.edu.sa.ORCID 0000-0003-2657-163X
Fatima ZafarDepartment of Chemistry, GC University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. fatimazafar09@gmail.com.
Ghazanfar AbbasDepartment of Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. drghazanfarabbas@ciitlahore.edu.pk.
Syed Mansoor AliDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. mansoor_phys@yahoo.com.
Mukhtar AhmedDepartment of Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. mukhtarahmad@ciitlahore.edu.pk.
King Saud University · SACOMSATS University Islamabad · PKGovernment College University, Lahore · PKUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CNUniversity of Lahore · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Graphene-based materials have garnered significant attention because of their versatile bioapplications and extraordinary properties. Graphene oxide (GO) is an extremely oxidized form of graphene accompanied by the functional groups of oxygen on its surface. GO is an outstanding platform on which to pacify silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), which gives rise to the graphene oxide-silver nanoparticle (GO-Ag) nanocomposite. In this experimental study, the toxicity of graphene oxide-silver (GO-Ag) nanocomposites was assessed in an in vitro human breast cancer model to optimize the parameters of photodynamic therapy. GO-Ag was prepared using the hydrothermal method, and characterization was done by X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-rays Analysis (EDAX), atomic force microscopy and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. The experiments were done both with laser exposure, as well as in darkness, to examine the phototoxicity and cytotoxicity of the nanocomposites. The cytotoxicity of the GO-Ag was confirmed via a methyl-thiazole-tetrazolium (MTT) assay and intracellular reactive oxygen species production analysis. The phototoxic effect explored the dose-dependent decrease in the cell viability, as well as provoked cell death via apoptosis. An enormously significant escalation of ¹O₂ in the samples when exposed to daylight was perceived. Statistical analysis was performed on the experimental results to confirm the worth and clarity of the results, with

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biocompatibilitycytotoxicitygraphene oxide (GO)photodynamic therapyreactive oxygen species (ROS)

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PMID29160836
PMCPMC5707618
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