Cytotoxicity and autophagy dysfunction induced by different sizes of silica particles in human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cells

• DOI: 10.1039/c6tx00100a
• Publication Date: 2016-06-01T04:32:49Z
• Authors: Qiuling Li; Hejing Hu; Lizhen Jiang; Yang Zou; Junchao Duan; Zhiwei Sun
• Keywords: 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences

Two size of nano-scale (40 nm, 60 nm) and one size of micro-scale (200 nm) silica particles were studied to investigate the possible mechanism of cytotoxicity and autophagy dysfunction in human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B cells.