Magnetic carbon nanotubes: A new tool for shepherding mesenchymal stem cells by magnetic fields

Nanomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-54

  Vittorio, Orazio ^a,b   Quaranta, Paola ^b   Raffa, Vittoria ^a   Funel, Niccola ^b   Campani, Daniela ^b   Pelliccioni, Serena ^b   Longoni, Biancamaria ^b   Mosca, Franco ^b   Pietrabissa, Andrea ^c   Cuschieri, Alfred ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

magnetic nanoparticles; mesenchymal stem cell; mesenchymal stem cell homing

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE; MAGNETIC NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL HOMING; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOTOXICITY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN VIVO CULTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NANODEVICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TARGET ORGAN;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; LIVER; MAGNETICS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OSTEOCYTES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 78650639681     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.10.125     Document Type: Article

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