• Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Stimulate the Immune Response and Decrease Antioxidant Defense in Mice After Six-Week Inhalation 

      Tulinska, Jana; Mikusova, Miroslava Lehotska; Liskova, Aurelia; Busova, Milena; Masanova, Vlasta; Uhnakova, Iveta; Rollerova, Eva; Alacova, Radka; Krivosikova, Zora; Wsolova, Ladislava; Dusinska, Maria; Horváthová, Mira; Szabova, Michaela; Lukan, Norbert; Stuchlikova, Martina; Kuba, Daniel; Vecera, Zbynek; Coufalik, Pavel; Krumal, Kamil; Alexa, Lukas; Vrlikova, Lucie; Buchtova, Marcela; Dumkova, Jana; Piler, Pavel; Thon, Vojtech; Mikuska, Pavel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) are increasingly used in various industry sectors. Moreover, medical application of CuO NPs as antimicrobials also contributes to human exposure. Their toxicity, including toxicity to ...
    • Genotoxic effects of occupational exposure to glass fibres - A human biomonitoring study 

      Ceppi, Marcello; Smolkova, Bozena; Staruchova, Marta; Kazimirova, Alena; Barancokova, Magdalena; Volkovova, Katarina; Collins, Andrew Richard; Kocan, Anton; Dzupinkova, Zuzana; Horska, Alexandra; Buocikova, Verona; Tulinska, Jana; Liskova, Aurelia; Mikusova, Miroslava Lehotska; Wsolova, Ladislava; Kuba, Daniel; Rundén-Pran, Elise; El Yamani, Naouale; Longhin, Eleonora Marta; Halasova, Erika; Kyrtopoulos, Soterios; Bonassi, Stefano; Dusinska, Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      As part of a large human biomonitoring study, we conducted occupational monitoring in a glass fibre factory in Slovakia. Shopfloor workers (n = 80), with a matched group of administrators in the same factory (n = 36), were ...
    • Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Modulate Systemic Immune Response and Increase Levels of Reduced Glutathione in Mice after Seven-Week Inhalation 

      Mikusova, Miroslava Lehotska; Busova, Milena; Tulinska, Jana; Masanova, Vlasta; Liskova, Aurelia; Uhnakova, Iveta; Dusinska, Maria; Krivosikova, Zora; Rollerova, Eva; Alacova, Radka; Wsolova, Ladislava; Horvathova, Mira; Szabova, Michaela; Lukan, Norbert; Vecera, Zbynek; Coufalik, Pavel; Krumal, Kamil; Alexa, Lukas; Thon, Vojtech; Piler, Pavel; Buchtova, Marcela; Vrlikova, Lucie; Moravec, Pavel; Mikuska, Pavel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) are used in a wide range of applications. Although inhalation of NPs is one of the most important toxicologically relevant routes, experimental studies on potential harmful effects ...