Nanotech News

February 2010

Additional Publications of Note for February

Therapeutics

Platinum(II)–Dendrimer Conjugates: Synthesis and Investigations on Cytotoxicity, Cellular Distribution, Platinum Release, DNA, and Protein Binding
Bioconjugate Chemistry
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Tumor-Targeting Peptide Conjugated pH-Responsive Micelles as a Potential Drug Carrier for Cancer Therapy
Bioconjugate Chemistry
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Self-Assembly Synthesis, Tumor Cell Targeting, and Photothermal Capabilities of Antibody-Coated Indocyanine Green Nanocapsules
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Hyperthermia HeLa Cell Treatment with Silica-Coated Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Development of a Poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticle Formulation of STAT3 Inhibitor JSI-124: Implication for Cancer Immunotherapy
Molecular Pharmaceutics
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Functional Graphene Oxide as a Nanocarrier for Controlled Loading and Targeted Delivery of Mixed Anticancer Drugs
Small
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Platinum nanoparticles: a promising material for future cancer therapy?
Nanotechnology
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Delivery of paclitaxel by physically loading onto poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-graft-carbon nanotubes for potent cancer therapeutics
Nanotechnology
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Targeting the efficacy of a dendrimer-based nanotherapeutic in heterogeneous xenograft tumors in vivo
Anticancer Drugs
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Tuning the cellular uptake and cytotoxicity properties of oligonucleotide intercalator-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles with human cervical cancer cells HeLa
Biomaterials
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The therapeutic response to multifunctional polymeric nano-conjugates in the targeted cellular and subcellular delivery of doxorubicin
Biomaterials
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Nanoparticles Targeted With NGR Motif Deliver c-myc siRNA and Doxorubicin for Anticancer Therapy
Molecular Therapy
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Selective Inhibition of Human Brain Tumor Cells through Multifunctional Quantum-Dot-Based siRNA Delivery
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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Sustained delivery and efficacy of polymeric nanoparticles containing osteopontin and bone sialoprotein antisenses in rats with breast cancer bone metastasis
International Journal of Cancer
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Pp IX Silica Nanoparticles Demonstrate Differential Interactions with In Vitro Tumor Cell Lines and In Vivo Mouse Models of Human Cancers
Photochemistry and Photobiology
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Diagnostics & Biosensors

Lectin-Based Nanoprobes Functionalized with Enzyme for Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Monitoring of Dynamic Carbohydrate Expression on Living Cells
Analytical Chemistry
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Nanoparticle-Based Sandwich Electrochemical Immunoassay for Carbohydrate Antigen 125 with Signal Enhancement Using Enzyme-Coated Nanometer-Sized Enzyme-Doped Silica Beads
Analytical Chemistry
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Thermally Addressed Immunosorbent Assay for Multiplexed Protein Detections Using Phase Change Nanoparticles
Analytical Chemistry
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A microfluidic chip-compatible bioassay based on single-molecule detection with high sensitivity and multiplexing
Lab on a Chip
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Selective removal of ovarian cancer cells from human ascites fluid using magnetic nanoparticles
Nanomedicine
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Imaging

Paramagnetic, Silicon Quantum Dots for Magnetic Resonance and Two-Photon Imaging of Macrophages
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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RGD peptide functionalized and reconstituted high-density lipoprotein nanoparticles as a versatile and multimodal tumor targeting molecular imaging probe
FASEB Journal
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Nanoparticle phagocytosis and cellular stress: involvement in cellular imaging and in gene therapy against glioma
NMR in Biomedicine
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Development of a Poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticle Formulation of STAT3 Inhibitor JSI-124: Implication for Cancer Immunotherapy
Molecular Pharmaceutics
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Nanoparticles Targeted With NGR Motif Deliver c-myc siRNA and Doxorubicin for Anticancer Therapy
Molecular Therapy
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Nanobiology

Intracellular Trafficking and Unpacking of siRNA/Quantum Dot-PEI Complexes Modified with and without Cell Penetrating Peptide: Confocal and Flow Cytometric FRET Analysis
Bioconjugate Chemistry
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Nuclear Targeting of Gold Nanoparticles in Cancer Cells Induces DNA Damage, Causing Cytokinesis Arrest and Apoptosis
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Following the Dynamics of pH in Endosomes of Live Cells with SERS Nanosensors
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Upconversion Nanoparticle-Based FRET System for Study of siRNA in Live Cells
Langmuir
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In vivo nano-imaging of membrane dynamics in metastatic tumor cells using quantum dots
Journal of Biological Chemistry
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Nano Devices & Materials

Bioinspired Nanocorals with Decoupled Cellular
Targeting and Sensing Functionality
Small

Spatiotemporal controlled delivery of nanoparticles to injured vasculature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Synthesis and Bioconjugation of 2 and 3 nm-Diameter Gold Nanoparticles
Bioconjugate Chemistry
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Polyoxalate Nanoparticles as a Biodegradable and Biocompatible Drug Delivery Vehicle
Biomaterials
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Highly Specific Dual Enzyme-Mediated Payload Release from Peptide-Coated Silica Particles
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Quantitative Study of the Association Thermodynamics and Kinetics of DNA-Coated Particles for Different Functionalization Schemes
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Size-Tunable and Functional Core–Shell Structured Silica Nanoparticles for Drug Release
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Cysteine-Functionalized Polyaspartic Acid: A Polymer for Coating and Bioconjugation of Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots
Langmuir
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Multifunctional Nanocarriers for Cell Imaging, Drug Delivery, and Near-IR Photothermal Therapy
Langmuir
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Diacetylene-Containing Ligand As a New Capping Agent for the Preparation of Water-Soluble Colloidal Nanoparticles of Remarkable Stability
Langmuir
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Exceptionally High Payload of Doxorubicin in Hollow Gold Nanospheres for Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Drug Release
ACS Nano
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Host–Guest Interaction Mediated Polymeric Assemblies: Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Drug and Gene Delivery
ACS Nano
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Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging
Nature Materials
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Tissue-specific gene delivery via nanoparticle coating
Biomaterials
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Multifunctional Magnetoplasmonic Nanoparticle Assemblies for Cancer Therapy and Diagnostics (Theranostics)
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
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Environment, Health, & Safety

In Vivo Biodistribution and Clearance Studies Using Multimodal Organically Modified Silica Nanoparticles
ACS Nano
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Biocompatibility of Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles evaluated by in vitro cytotoxicity assays using normal, glia and breast cancer cells
Nanotechnology
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