Nanotoxicity: a challenge for future medicine

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AKÇAN R., AYDOGAN H. C., Yildirim M. S., Tastekin B., SAĞLAM N.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.50, no.4, pp.1180-1196, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1912-209
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.1180-1196
  • Keywords: Nanotechnology, nanotoxicity, bio-nanomaterials, future medicine, TITANIUM-DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES, METAL-OXIDE NANOPARTICLES, WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES, QUANTUM DOTS, IN-VITRO, REACTIVE OXYGEN, NICKEL NANOPARTICLES, CELLULAR UPTAKE, ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS, GENOTOXICITY ASSESSMENT
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/aim: Due to nanomaterials' potential benefits for diagnosis and treatment, they are widely used in medical applications and personal care products. Interaction of nanomaterials, which are very small in size, with tissue, cell and microenvironment, can reveal harmful effects that cannot be created with chemically identical and larger counterparts in biological organisms. In this review, a challenge for future medicine, nanotoxicity of nanomaterials is discussed.