Interactions Between Proteins and Carbon-Based Nanoparticles: Exploring the Origin of Nanotoxicity at the Molecular Level

Recent progress and perspectives on the toxicity of carbon nanotubes at organism, organ, cell, and biomacromolecule levels

(2012) Xingchen Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Amino acid analogues bind to carbon nanotube via π-π interactions: Comparison of molecular mechanical and quantum mechanical calculations

(2012) Zaixing Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Adsorption of Villin Headpiece onto Graphene, Carbon Nanotube, and C60: Effect of Contacting Surface Curvatures on Binding Affinity

(2011) Guanghong Zuo et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Carbon Nanotube Wins the Competitive Binding over Proline-Rich Motif Ligand on SH3 Domain

(2011) Guanghong Zuo et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Gadolinium metallofullerenol nanoparticles inhibit cancer metastasis through matrix metalloproteinase inhibition: imprisoning instead of poisoning cancer cells

(2011) Huan Meng et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Biosafety assessment of Gd@C82(OH)22 nanoparticles on Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Wendi Zhang et al.   Nanoscale

Adsorption and properties of aromatic amino acids on single-walled carbon nanotubes

(2011) Cuihong Wang et al.   Nanoscale

Binding of blood proteins to carbon nanotubes reduces cytotoxicity

(2011) C. Ge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fate and Toxicity of Metallic and Metal-Containing Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

(2011) Yu-Feng Li et al.   Small

Molecular Dynamics Study of a Carbon Nanotube Binding Reversible Cyclic Peptide

(2010) Chi-cheng Chiu et al.   ACS Nano

Plugging into Proteins: Poisoning Protein Function by a Hydrophobic Nanoparticle

(2010) Guanghong Zuo et al.   ACS Nano

Conformational Structural Changes of Bacteriorhodopsin Adsorbed onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

(2010) Patricia Bertoncini et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

New Insights into the Behavior of Bovine Serum Albumin Adsorbed onto Carbon Nanotubes: Comprehensive Spectroscopic Studies

(2010) Xingchen Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Carbon nanotubes in cancer theragnosis

(2010) Vivek S Thakare et al.   Nanomedicine

A multiscale simulation study of carbon nanotube interactions with designed amphiphilic peptide helices

(2010) E. Jayne Wallace et al.   Nanoscale

Low-toxic and safe nanomaterials by surface-chemical design, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, metallofullerenes, and graphenes

(2010) Liang Yan et al.   Nanoscale

Repeated administrations of carbon nanotubes in male mice cause reversible testis damage without affecting fertility

(2010) Yuhong Bai et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Carbon nanotubes degraded by neutrophil myeloperoxidase induce less pulmonary inflammation

(2010) Valerian E. Kagan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Targeted Killing of Cancer Cells in Vivo and in Vitro with EGF-Directed Carbon Nanotube-Based Drug Delivery

(2009) Ashwin A. Bhirde et al.   ACS Nano

Protein/carbon nanotubes interaction: The effect of carboxylic groups on conformational and conductance changes

(2009) I. Putu Mahendra Wijaya et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Quantum Mechanical Quantification of Weakly Interacting Complexes of Peptides with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

(2009) Wenjie Fan et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Atomic-Scale Modeling of the Interaction between Short Polypeptides and Carbon Surfaces

(2009) Giulio Gianese et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Nanotube−Peptide Interactions on a Silicon Chip

(2009) Lifeng Zheng et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Modeling the Binding Affinity of Peptides for Graphitic Surfaces. Influences of Aromatic Content and Interfacial Shape

(2009) Susana M. Tomásio et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Structures of β-Amyloid Peptide 1−40, 1−42, and 1−55—the 672−726 Fragment of APP—in a Membrane Environment with Implications for Interactions with γ-Secretase

(2009) Naoyuki Miyashita et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Specifically Bind to α-Chymotrypsin’s Catalytic Site and Regulate Its Enzymatic Function

(2009) Bin Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanoparticle safety in doubt

(2009) Natasha Gilbert   NATURE

Call from China for joint nanotech toxicity-testing effort

(2009) Shuping Bi et al.   NATURE

DNA sequence motifs for structure-specific recognition and separation of carbon nanotubes

(2009) Xiaomin Tu et al.   NATURE

Inhaled carbon nanotubes reach the subpleural tissue in mice

(2009) Jessica P. Ryman-Rasmussen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A quantitative fluorescence study of protein monolayer formation on colloidal nanoparticles

(2009) Carlheinz Röcker et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Mechanisms for how inhaled multiwalled carbon nanotubes suppress systemic immune function in mice

(2009) L. A. Mitchell et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

New insights into nanotubes

(2009) Ken Donaldson et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Effect of the ordered water on protein folding: An off-lattice Gō-like model study

(2009) Guanghong Zuo et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Water-mediated signal multiplication with Y-shaped carbon nanotubes

(2009) Y. Tu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inhalation Toxicity of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes in Rats Exposed for 3 Months

(2009) Lan Ma-Hock et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An electrochemical sensor for pesticide assays based on carbon nanotube-enhanced acetycholinesterase activity

(2008) Haode Chen et al.   ANALYST

Dewetting and Hydrophobic Interaction in Physical and Biological Systems

(2008) Bruce J. Berne et al.   Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Bio–nano interaction of proteins adsorbed on single-walled carbon nanotubes

(2008) Jun Zhong et al.   CARBON

Molecular Dynamics Study of a Nanotube-Binding Amphiphilic Helical Peptide at Different Water/Hydrophobic Interfaces

(2008) Chi-cheng Chiu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Detection of Trace Hg2+via Induced Circular Dichroism of DNA Wrapped Around Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

(2008) Xueyun Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The structure and function of ribonuclease A upon interacting with carbon nanotubes

(2008) Changqing Yi et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Are carbon nanotubes safe?

(2008) Yuliang Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A pilot toxicology study of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a small sample of mice

(2008) Meike L. Schipper et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot study

(2008) Craig A. Poland et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Hydrophobicity of protein surfaces: Separating geometry from chemistry

(2008) N. Giovambattista et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Genetic Analysis of Carbon-Nanotube-Binding Proteins

(2008) Stanley Brown et al.   Small

Bio-distribution and metabolic paths of silica coated CdSeS quantum dots

(2008) Zhen Chen et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY

Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Drug Design and Discovery

(2007) Maurizio Prato et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Ranking the affinity of aromatic residues for carbon nanotubes by using designed surfactant peptides

(2007) Hui Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Metal-Coupled Folding of Cys2His2Zinc-Finger

(2007) Wenfei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Simulation of the Pressure and Temperature Folding/Unfolding Equilibrium of a Small RNA Hairpin

(2007) Angel E. Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY