Particle and Fibre Toxicology (Nov 2012)

Reply to comment on Fisichella et al. (2012), “Intestinal toxicity evaluation of TiO<sub>2</sub> degraded surface-treated nanoparticles: a combined physico-chemical and toxicogenomics approach in Caco-2 cells” by Faust et al.

  • Fisichella Matthieu,
  • Bérenguer Frédéric,
  • Steinmetz Gérard,
  • Auffan Mélanie,
  • Rose Jérôme,
  • Prat Odette

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-8977-9-39
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
p. 39

Abstract

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Abstract In this response, we discuss the major differences that clearly distinguish our results from those mentioned by Faust et al. In particular, the experiments have been conducted on nanoparticles of different nature, what mainly explains the observed discrepancies. This is a reply to http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/pdf/1743-8977-9-39.pdf.