Table 2.

Genes Affected by CNTs Treatment (*Up-Regulation)

Particles	Gene	Pathway	System	Author
MWCNTs	IL-10 IL-6 NQO1	Cytokine signaling Electrophile response	Mice (C57BL/6)	Mitchell et al. [32]
SWCNTs	AP1 NFk-B HLA-DR CD80 CD40	Redox-sensitive transcription factor Macrophage antigen-presenting function	Mice (ICR)	Chou et al. [63]
SWCNTs	NFk-B	Cell death and inflammatory response	Human keratinocytes (HaCaT)	Manna et al. [16]
SWCNTs	p16* bax p57 hrk cdc42 cdc37 cdk2 cdk4 cdk6 cyclinD3 mad2 jak1 ttk pcdha9 erk p16* baxhrk bak1 p57 FGFR2 TGF beta receptor TNFAIP2	Cell cycle Signal transduction Apoptosis	Human embryo kidney cells (HEK293)	Chui et al. [17]
SWCNTs	HMO1 HMO2 ERCC4 TP53 Caspase8 ATM GADD45A	Anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory functions Protection from DNA damage Apoptosis Cell cycle Induced under genotoxic effect	Human BJ Forskin cells	Sarkar et al. [69]