Research Article

Assessment of Cellular Responses after Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Silver Nanoparticles in Human Neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and Astrocytoma (D384) Cells

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Data comparison between AgNPs and AgNO3 in SH-SY5Y, D384, and A549 cells for clonogenic assay. Panel (a) shows images of selected microscopic fields from control and treated cells with AgNPs or AgNO3 at 0.5 and 1 μg/mL for up to 10 days (scale bar is 600 μm). Panel (b) shows the respective semiquantitative analysis for the colony number of SH-SY5Y, D384, and A549 after AgNPs or AgNO3 treatment. AgNO3 induced a more pronounced effect on growth and cell proliferation than AgNP treatment regardless of cell model type. *Different from control in cell line , statistical analysis by ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test.
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