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ArticleDose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society

Gene Expression and Transcriptome Profiling of Changes in a Cancer Cell Line Post-Exposure to Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots: Possible Implications in Oncogenesis.

Mohammed S Aldughaim, Mashael R Al-Anazi, Marie Fe F Bohol, Dilek Colak, Hani Alothaid, Salma Majid Wakil, Samya T Hagos, Daoud Ali, Saud Alarifi, Sashmita Rout and 3 more

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Article in Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Review of in vivo Toxicity of Quantum Dots in Animal Models.International journal of nanomedicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammed S AldughaimResearch Centre, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mashael R Al-AnaziDepartment of Infection and Immunity, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Marie Fe F BoholDepartment of Infection and Immunity, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-2327
Dilek ColakDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6485-8768
Hani AlothaidDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0132-558X
Salma Majid WakilGenotyping Core Facility, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Samya T HagosGenotyping Core Facility, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Daoud AliDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Saud AlarifiDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-5228
Sashmita RoutAdvanced Centre for Treatment, Research, and Education in Cancer, Tata memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Saad AlkahtaniDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed N Al-AhdalDepartment of Infection and Immunity, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed A Al-QahtaniDepartment of Infection and Immunity, Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAKing Saud University · SAAlfaisal University · SAAdvanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer · INAl Baha University · SAKing Fahd Medical City · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cadmium telluride quantum dots (CdTe-QDs) are acquiring great interest in terms of their applications in biomedical sciences. Despite earlier sporadic studies on possible oncogenic roles and anticancer properties of CdTe-QDs, there is limited information regarding the oncogenic potential of CdTe-QDs in cancer progression. Here, we investigated the oncogenic effects of CdTe-QDs on the gene expression profiles of Chang cancer cells. Chang cancer cells were treated with 2 different doses of CdTe-QDs (10 and 25 μg/ml) at different time intervals (6, 12, and 24 h). Functional annotations helped identify the gene expression profile in terms of its biological process, canonical pathways, and gene interaction networks activated. It was found that the gene expression profiles varied in a time and dose-dependent manner. Validation of transcriptional changes of several genes through quantitative PCR showed that several genes upregulated by CdTe-QD exposure were somewhat linked with oncogenesis. CdTe-QD-triggered functional pathways that appear to associate with gene expression, cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, cell-cycle progression, signal transduction, and metabolism. Overall, CdTe-QD exposure led to changes in the gene expression profiles of the Chang cancer cells, highlighting that this nanoparticle can further drive oncogenesis and cancer progression, a finding that indicates the merit of immediate

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CdTe-QDsmicroarraynanocrystalsnanotoxicityQuantum dotstumorigenesis

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