Nanomaterials-Cell Interaction: Cytotoxicity/Therapeutic Potential
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 February 2022) | Viewed by 11139
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanobiotechnology; nanomaterials; nanomedicine; graphene; diamond nanoparticle; noble nanoparticle; drug delivery; brain cancer; anticancer agents
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue deals with all aspects of cytotoxicity and the therapeutic potential of nanomaterials (NM) at the cellular level. Due to their many unique physicochemical properties, NM have significant therapeutic importance for treating, e.g., cancer, cardiovascular diseases, orthopedic diseases or bacterial and viral infections, as active factors, cell matrices or drug transporters. However, NM may induce cytotoxic effects such as overproduction of free radicals or DNA damage. The greatest challenge for NM is therefore to refine their concentrations, functional group modifications or sizes for specific medical applications to enhance their selectivity. Testing the cytotoxicity and functional activity of several different cell lines is the first step to verify the clinical use of NM.
This Special Issue focuses on the design and characterization of NM and their future clinical applications, with emphasis on the current challenges and their future direction.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Marta Grodzik
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nanoparticles
- Nanolayers
- Cytotoxicity
- Cellular interaction
- Cell uptake
- Cellular mechanisms
- Signaling pathways
- Apoptosis
- Necrosis
- Gene regulation
- Oxidative stress
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