The Biological Effects of Carbon Nanotubes in Plasma Membranes Damage, DNA Damage, and Mitochondrial Dysfunction

摘要

In the last ten years, accompanied by deep development of nanotech-nology, a large number of nanomaterials have come into people's horizons. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), one of the important nanometer materials, have been widely applied to various biomedical applications such as cancer photothermal therapy, specific drugs delivery, and so on due to their unique physicochemical property. Along with applications of CNT, the relationship between the biotoxicity of CNT and health was widely concerned. This review provides a general overview of the biological damage of overexposure of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and mutiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and discusses some of the challenges associated with CNTs toxicity.