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ArticleScientific reports2020

Ultrafine silicon dioxide nanoparticles cause lung epithelial cells apoptosis via oxidative stress-activated PI3K/Akt-mediated mitochondria- and endoplasmic reticulum stress-dependent signaling pathways.

Kuan-I Lee, Chin-Chuan Su, Kai-Min Fang, Chin-Ching Wu, Cheng-Tien Wu, Ya-Wen Chen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kuan-I Lee *Department of Emergency, Taichung Tzuchi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzuchi Medical Foundation, No.66 Section 1, Fongsing Rd., Tanzih Township, Taichung, 427, Taiwan.
Chin-Chuan Su *Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, 500, Taiwan.
Kai-Min Fang *Department of Otolaryngology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, 220, Taiwan.
Chin-Ching WuDepartment of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, 404, Taiwan.
Cheng-Tien WuDepartment of Nutrition and Master Program of Food and Drug Safety, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
Ya-Wen ChenDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, China Medical University, No.91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung, 404, Taiwan. d91447001@ntu.edu.tw.
China Medical University · TWChanghua Christian Hospital · TWFar Eastern Memorial Hospital · TWTaipei Tzu Chi Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO

Indexed as

ApoptosisOxidative StressAlveolar Epithelial CellsAnimalsCells, CulturedCell SurvivalEndoplasmic Reticulum StressGene Expression RegulationMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMitochondriaNanoparticlesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRatsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReactive Oxygen SpeciesSilicon Dioxide

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PMID32555254
PMCPMC7303152
OpenAlexW3036767587

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