Fate of micelles and quantum dots in cells

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-281

  Maysinger, Dusica ^a   Lovrić, Jasmina ^a,b   Eisenberg, Adi ^a   Savić, Radoslav ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Block copolymer micelles; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescent dyes; Internalization; Multiple labeling; Organelles; Quantum dots; Stability

Indexed keywords

4 VINYLPYRIDINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ARF PROTEIN; BAFILOMYCIN; BREFELDIN A; CATALASE; CAVEOLIN 1; CONCANAVALIN A; COPOLYMER; CYTOCHALASIN D; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GOLD; INTERSECTIN; LATRUNCULIN A; MONENSIN; NANOPARTICLE; NOCODAZOLE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; QUANTUM DOT; RAB PROTEIN; RADIOISOTOPE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SELENIUM; TACROLIMUS; UNINDEXED DRUG; WORTMANNIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLLOID; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MICELLE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG CARRIERS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; GOLD COLLOID; HUMANS; LACTONES; MICELLES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYVINYLS; QUANTUM DOTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33847266812     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2006.08.011     Document Type: Review

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