OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nanotoxicology is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
miR-21 mediates nickel nanoparticle-induced pulmonary injury and fibrosis	57
8-Hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as a biomarker of oxidative DNA damage induced by occupational exposure to nanomaterials: a systematic review	48
Organ-specific toxicity of magnetic iron oxide-based nanoparticles	45
Possible effects of titanium dioxide particles on human liver, intestinal tissue, spleen and kidney after oral exposure	45
Interaction of nanoparticles with biological macromolecules: a review of molecular docking studies	44
Evaluation of toxicity of halloysite nanotubes and multi-walled carbon nanotubes to endothelial cells in vitro and blood vessels in vivo	43
Human hazard potential of nanocellulose: quantitative insights from the literature	43
Nanoparticle-protein corona complex: understanding multiple interactions between environmental factors, corona formation, and biological activity	36
Correlation intensity index: mathematical modeling of cytotoxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles	33
Toxicity of nanoplastics during the embryogenesis of the ascidian Ciona robusta (Phylum Chordata)	30
Occupational exposure to graphene and silica nanoparticles. Part I: workplace measurements and samplings	30
In vivo impact assessment of orally administered polystyrene nanoplastics: biodistribution, toxicity, and inflammatory response in mice	28
Sex differences in the acute and subchronic lung inflammatory responses of mice to nickel nanoparticles	28
Safety assessment of cerium oxide nanoparticles: combined repeated-dose toxicity with reproductive/developmental toxicity screening and biodistribution in rats	25
Comparative study of nanoparticle uptake and impact in murine lung, liver and kidney tissue slices	25
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes trigger lysosome-dependent cell death (pyroptosis) in macrophages but not in neutrophils	24
Nanopolystyrene beads affect motility and reproductive success of oyster spermatozoa (Crassostrea gigas)	24
Short-term oral administration of non-porous and mesoporous silica did not induce local or systemic toxicity in mice	23
A methodology for developing key events to advance nanomaterial-relevant adverse outcome pathways to inform risk assessment	23
Metabolomics profiling to investigate nanomaterial toxicity in vitro and in vivo	23
Drosophila as a model for assessing nanopesticide toxicity	23
CuS–NiS₂ nanomaterials for MRI guided phototherapy of gastric carcinoma via triggering mitochondria-mediated apoptosis and MLKL/CAPG-mediated necroptosis	22
Biomedical nanomaterials: applications, toxicological concerns, and regulatory needs	21
Microplastics and nanoplastics science: collecting and characterizing airborne microplastics in fine particulate matter	21
Occupational exposure to graphene and silica nanoparticles. Part II: pilot study to identify a panel of sensitive biomarkers of genotoxic, oxidative and inflammatory effects on suitable biological mat	21

miR-205/IRAK2 signaling pathway is associated with urban airborne PM_2.5-induced myocardial toxicity	20
Acute reproductive toxicology after intratesticular injection of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in Wistar rats	20
In vivo percutaneous permeation of gold nanomaterials in consumer cosmetics: implication in dermal safety assessment of consumer nanoproducts	20
A combined microRNA and proteome profiling to investigate the effect of ZnO nanoparticles on neuronal cells	20
Pulmonary toxicity of synthetic amorphous silica – effects of porosity and copper oxide doping	20
Metallic-nanoparticle release systems for biomedical implant surfaces: effectiveness and safety	19
Reactive oxygen species production, genotoxicity and telomere length in FE1-Muta™Mouse lung epithelial cells exposed to carbon nanotubes	19
The sp³/sp² carbon ratio as a modulator of in vivo and in vitro toxicity of the chemically purified detonation-synthesized nanodiamond via the reactive oxyge	19
Neutrophil activation by nanomaterials in vitro: comparing strengths and limitations of primary human cells with those of an immortalized (HL-60) cell line	18
Antibacterial application and toxicity of metal–organic frameworks	18
Rationale and decision rules behind the ECETOC NanoApp to support registration of sets of similar nanoforms within REACH	18
Time-course effect of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on intracellular iron metabolism and ferroptosis activation	17
Iron oxide nanoparticles aggravate hepatic steatosis and liver injury in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease through BMP-SMAD-mediated hepatic iron overload	16
Responses to iron oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles in echinoderm embryos and microalgae: uptake, growth, morphology, and transcriptomic analysis	16
Ecotoxicological assessment of commercial boron nitride nanotubes toward Xenopus laevis tadpoles and host-associated gut microbiota	16
Toxicity assessment of industrial engineered and airborne process-generated nanoparticles in a 3D human airway epithelial in vitro model	16
Intercellular transfer of mitochondria via tunneling nanotubes protects against cobalt nanoparticle-induced neurotoxicity and mitochondrial damage	16
The impact of nanotechnology in the current universal COVID-19 crisis. Let’s not forget nanosafety!	15
Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on nutrient absorption and metabolism in rats: distinguishing the susceptibility of amino acids, metal elements, and glucose	15
Interaction of nanoparticles with endotoxin Importance in nanosafety testing and exploitation for endotoxin binding	15
Efficient predictions of cytotoxicity of TiO₂-based multi-component nanoparticles using a machine learning-based q-RASAR approach	15
Inhaled multi-walled carbon nanotubes differently modulate global gene and protein expression in rat lungs	14
The nanomaterial-induced bystander effects reprogrammed macrophage immune function and metabolic profile	14
Colonizing microbiota protect zebrafish larvae against silver nanoparticle toxicity	14
Unswerving modeling of hepatotoxicity of cadmium containing quantum dots using amalgamation of quasiSMILES, index of ideality of correlation, and consensus modeling	14
MiR-939-5p suppresses PM_2.5-induced endothelial injury via targeting HIF-1α in HAECs	14
Surface atomic arrangement of nanomaterials affects nanotoxicity	14
Polystyrene nanoplastics exposure caused defective neural tube morphogenesis through caveolae-mediated endocytosis and faulty apoptosis	13
Organomodified nanoclays induce less inflammation, acute phase response, and genotoxicity than pristine nanoclays in mice lungs	13
Comparative acute intravenous toxicity study of triple polymer-layered magnetic nanoparticles with bare magnetic nanoparticles in Swiss albino mice	13
Multiple pathways of alveolar macrophage death contribute to pulmonary inflammation induced by silica nanoparticles	13
Characterization of the nano–bio interaction between metallic oxide nanomaterials and freshwater microalgae using flow cytometry	12
Carbon nanotubes promote alveolar macrophages toward M2 polarization mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition and fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transdifferentiation	12
Quantifying the relative contribution of particulate versus dissolved silver to toxicity and uptake kinetics of silver nanowires in lettuce: impact of size and coating	12
Impact of copper oxide particle dissolution on lung epithelial cell toxicity: response characterization using global transcriptional analysis	12
Immunotoxic effects of metal-based nanoparticles in fish and bivalves	12