Toxicogenomic responses of human liver HepG2 cells to silver nanoparticles

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The increased use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in foods and cosmetics has raised public safety concerns. However, only limited knowledge exists on the effect of AgNPs on the cellular transcriptome. This study evaluated global gene expression profiles of human liver HepG2 cells exposed to 20 and 50 nm AgNPs for 4 and 24 h at 2.5 µg ml(-1) . Exposure to 20 nm AgNPs resulted in 811 altered genes after 4 h, but...

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