Int J Biol Macromol
November 2024
The biological response to nanomaterials exposure depends on their properties, route of exposure, or model organism. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO NPs) are among the most used nanomaterials; however, concerns related to oxidative stress and metabolic effects resulting from their ingestion are rising. Therefore, in the present work, we addressed the metabolic effects of citrate-coated 45 nm TiO NPs combining bioaccumulation, tissue ultrastructure, and proteomics approaches on gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata and Japanese carpet shell, Ruditapes philippinarum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeaweeds are recognised as a potential eco-friendly food source. However, some species have shown the capacity to bioaccumulate many substances of diverse nature, such as inorganic nanoparticles (NPs), which may have potentially harmful effects on them. Among these NPs, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been used to enhance the antifungal and antibacterial properties of the final consumer products, such as textiles and food packages.
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July 2024
Bone tissue regeneration strategies have incorporated the use of natural polymers, such as hydroxyapatite (nHA), chitosan (CH), gelatin (GEL), or alginate (ALG). Additionally, platelet concentrates, such as platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) have been suggested to improve scaffold biocompatibility. This study aimed to develop scaffolds composed of nHA, GEL, and CH, with or without ALG and lyophilized PRF, to evaluate the scaffold's properties, growth factor release, and dental pulp stem cells (DPSC), and osteoblast (OB) derived from DPSC viability.
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