Browsing Other Campus Research by Author "Rao, Apparao M"
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Expansion of cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury after instillation of three forms of multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Urankar, Rakhee N; Lust, Robert M; Mann, Erin; Katwa, Pranita; Wang, Xiaojia; Podila, Ramakrishna; Hilderbrand, Susana C; Harrison, Benjamin S; Chen, Pengyu; Ke, Pu Chun; Rao, Apparao M; Brown, Jared; Wingard, Christopher J (2012-10-16)Background The exceptional physical-chemical properties of carbon nanotubes have lead to their use in diverse commercial and biomedical applications. However, their utilization has raised concerns about human exposure that ... -
Intravenously delivered graphene nanosheets and multiwalled carbon nanotubes induce site-specific Th2 inflammatory responses via the IL-33/ST2 axis
Wang, Xiaojia; Podila, Ramakrishna; Shannahan, Jonathan H; Rao, Apparao M; Brown, Jared (2013-05-03)Carbon-based nanomaterials (CBN), such as graphene nanosheets (GNS) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), have been proposed for potential nanomedicine applications such as biomedical devices and carriers for drug ... -
Multi-walled carbon nanotube instillation impairs pulmonary function in C57BL/6 mice
Wang, Xiaojia; Katwa, Pranita; Podila, Ramakrishna; Chen, Pengyu; Chun Ke, Pu; Rao, Apparao M; Walters, Dianne M; Wingard, Christopher J; Brown, Jared (2011-08-18)Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are widely used in many disciplines due to their unique physical and chemical properties. Therefore, some concerns about the possible human health and environmental impacts of ...