The recognition of invading pathogens and endogenous molecules from damaged tissues
by toll-like receptors (TLRs) triggers protective self-defense mechanisms. However …

As defined by the European Commission, a nanomaterial is a natural, an incidental, or a
manufactured material containing particles in an unbound state or as an aggregate or …

The drive behind the growing interest in understanding gold nanoparticle (AuNP) cytotoxicity
originates from the promise of AuNPs for diverse biological applications across the fields of …

Use of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) in medicine is an emerging field of translational research
with vast clinical implications and exciting therapeutic potential. However, the safety of using …

Since the late 1980s, researchers have prepared inorganic nanoparticles of many types
including elemental metals, metal oxides, metal sulfides, metal selenides, and metal …

In the past decade, mammalian cells have increasingly encountered gold nanoparticles
(GNPs), owing to the active development of nanomedicine. 1− 3 GNPs have been more and …

Colloidal gold solutions have been used for centuries in a wide variety of applications
including staining glass and in the colouring of ceramics. More recently, gold nanoparticles …

Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common respiratory
critical syndrome that currently has no effective therapeutic interventions. Pulmonary …

With the rapid developments of nanotechnology, chances of exposing nanoscale particles to
humans (eg, workers and consumers) also increase correspondingly, which raises serious …

Nanoparticles (NPs) are versatile scaffolds for numerous biomedical applications including
drug delivery and bioimaging. The surface functionality of NPs essentially dictates …