TABLE 5.

A summary of current erosolized inorganic NP formulations targeting EMT-markers in the literature.

NP	API(s)	Disease	Model(s)	Effect	Ref.
ZnO2 and SiO2 NPs	N/A	Fibrosis	LX-2 cells	Inhibition of N-Cadherin and EMT, elevation of E-Cadherin	Peng et al. (2018)
PEG-coated Au NPs	Cold plasma	Lung cancer	T98G + A549 cells	Inhibition of PI3K/AKT axis and EMT	Kaushik et al. (2016)
TiO2 NPs	N/A	Lung cancer	A549 cells	Inhibition of TGF-β and EMT, reduced cell migration	Li et al. (2018a)
ZnO nanostructures	N/A	Lung cancer	H460 + MRC5 cells	Inhibition of N-Cadherin and EMT	Wahab et al. (2016)
Ag NPs	Gallic acid	Lung cancer	A549 cells	Inhibition of Vimentin, N-Cadherin, and Snail-1	Sunil Gowda et al., (2018)