Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 563-569 , August 2010

Identification of deregulated genes by single wall carbon-nanotubes in human normal bronchial epithelial cells

  • Anas Alazzam, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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  • Etienne Mfoumou, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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  • Ion Stiharu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Amal Kassab, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Andrew Darnel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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  • Amber Yasmeen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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  • Narayanswamy Sivakumar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Rama Bhat, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Ala-Eddin Al Moustafa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
    • Syrian Research Cancer Centre of the Syrian Society against Cancer and Department of Anatomy & Embryology of the Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2.

Received 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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 This research is supported by Concordia University, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), and the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ-Réseau du Cancer).

PII: S1549-9634(10)00005-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.12.005

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