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Table 2 Cytotoxicity following exposure of the HK-2 cells in two different media to a panel of engineered nanomaterials

From: An in vitroassessment of panel of engineered nanomaterials using a human renal cell line: cytotoxicity, pro-inflammatory response, oxidative stress and genotoxicity

NM

K-SFM

RPMI-FCS

 

LC20

LC50

LC20

LC50

NM 111

0.8 μg/cm2

2.5 μg/cm2

0.5 μg/cm2

0.9 μg/cm2

NM 110

0.64 μg/cm2

2.5 μg/cm2

0.64 μg/cm2

1 μg/cm2

NM 300

1.25 μg/cm2

10 μg/cm2

1.25 μg/cm2

4.5 μg/cm2

NM 400

2.5 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

20 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

NM 402

4.5 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

20 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

NRCWE 002

20 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

NRCWE 001

40 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

NRCWE 004

40 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

NRCWE 003

60 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

NM 101

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

Not reached up to 80 μg/cm2

80 μg/cm2

  1. The cells were exposed to the NM for 24 hr with cytotoxicity measured via WST-1 (NMs ranked in order of cytotoxicity to HK-2 cells – high to low).