Table 2: Effects of AuNP dose on sh-sy5y cell phenotype.
| NP (mg/L) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 100 |
| An/En cells (no AuNPs or ethanol) | |||||||
| - | An-PI- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ap/En cells (AuNPs positive but ethanol negative) | |||||||
| AuNPKG-90, 50, 37 AuNPK-90, 50, 37 |
- | An-PI- | An-PI- | An-PI- | An-PI- | An++PI- | An-PI- An++PI+ An+++PI+ |
| AuNPG-50, 90 | - | An+PI- | An+PI- | An+PI- | An+PI- | An+PI- | An-PI- An+++PI- An+PI++ |
| AuNPPEG, PEG+K+G | - | An+PI- | An+PI- | Anl+PI- | An++PI- | An+++PI- An++PI- An+PI+ |
An+PI- An+++PI+ An-PI++ |
| An/Ep cells (AuNPs negative, but ethanol positive) | |||||||
| An-PI+++ An++PI- An+PI++ An+++PI- |
- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ap/Ep cells (AuNPs and ethanol positive) | |||||||
| AuNPKG-90, -50, -37 | - | An-PI- An++PI- An++PI+ |
An++PI- | An++PI- | An++PI- | An+PI- An+PI+ An++PI+ |
An-PI- An++PI+ An-PI++ |
| AuNPK-90, -50, -37 | - | An-PI- An++PI- An++PI+ |
An-PI- An+PI+ |
An+PI- An+PI++ |
An+PI- An+PI++ |
An-PI- An++PI+ |
An-PI+ An++PI- An++PI++ |
| AuNPG-50, -90 | - | An-PI- An+PI++ |
An+PI- An+PI++ |
An+PI- An+PI+ |
An+PI- An++PI+ An+PI+ |
An+PI- An++PI+ An-PI+ |
An-PI+ An++PI- An++PI+ |
| AuNPPEG, PEG+K+G | - | An++PI- | An++PI- An++PI+ |
An++PI- An+PI++ |
An++PI- An++PI+ An-PI++ |
An++PI- An++PI+ An-PI++ |
An-PI- An++PI- An++PI+ An-PI+++ |
An: AuNPnegative; An: Annexin; Ap: AuNPpositive; En: ethanolnegative; Ep: ethanolpositive; PI: Propidium iodide; Superscripts: -within control range, + > 10% to 15% increase, ++ > 15% to 30% increase and +++ > 30% increase.