• Neuronal Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity Induced by Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles 

  Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Costa, C.; Kiliç, Gözde; Costa, Solange; Pásaro, Eduardo; Laffon, Blanca; Teixeira, João Paulo (Elsevier, 2013-03-26)

  [Abstract] Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are one of the most abundantly used nanomaterials in consumer products and biomedical applications. As a result, human exposure to these NPs is highly frequent and they have ...

• Inter-Laboratory Variation in DNA Damage Using a Standard Comet Assay Protocol 

  Forchhammer, Lykke; Ersson, Clara; Loft, Steffen; Möller, Lennart; Godschalk, Roger W. L.; Schooten, Frederik J. van; Jones, George D. D.; Higgins, Jennifer A.; Cooke, Marcus; Mistry, Vilas; Karbaschi, Mahsa; Collins, Andrew R.; Azqueta, Amaya; Phillips, David H.; Sozeri, Osman; Routledge, Michael N.; Nelson-Smith, Kirsty; Riso, Patrizia; Porrini, Marisa; Matullo, Giuseppe; Allione, Alessandra; Stępnik, Maciej; Komorowska, Magdalena; Teixeira, João Paulo; Costa, Solange; Corcuera, Laura-Ana; López de Cerain, Adela; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Møller, Peter (Oxford University Press, 2012-07-27)

  [Abstract] There are substantial inter-laboratory variations in the levels of DNA damage measured by the comet assay. The aim of this study was to investigate whether adherence to a standard comet assay protocol would ...

• Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in SHSY5Y Cells Exposed to Okadaic Acid by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization 

  Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Fernández-Tajes, Juan; Pásaro, Eduardo; Méndez, Josefina; Laffon, Blanca (Springer Nature, 2012-01-27)

  [Abstract] Background: Okadaic acid (OA), a toxin produced by several dinoflagellate species is responsible for frequent food poisonings associated to shellfish consumption. Although several studies have documented the OA ...

• Endocrine and Immunological Parameters in Individuals Involved in Prestige Spill Cleanup Tasks Seven Years After the Exposure 

  Laffon, Blanca; Aguilera, Francisco; Ríos-Vázquez, Julia; García Lestón, Julia; Fuchs, Dietmar; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Pásaro, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2013-06-20)

  [Abstract] In November 2002 the oil tanker Prestige spilled 63,000tonnes of heavy oil off the northwest coast of Spain, impacting more than 1000km of coastline. A general concern led to a huge mobilization of human and ...

• Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Exposure on Human Glial Cells and Zebrafish Embryos 

  Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Alba-González, Anabel; Fernández-Bertólez, Natalia; Touzani, Assia; Ramos-Pan, Lucía; Reis, Ana Teresa; Moreda-Piñeiro, Jorge; Yáñez, Julián; Laffon, Blanca; Folgueira, Mónica (MDPI, 2023-08-01)

  [Abstract] Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are among the most widely used nanomaterials. They have multiple applications in cosmetics, textiles, paints, electronics and, recently, also in biomedicine. This extensive use ...

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