Cytotoxicity of quantum dots used for in vitro cellular labeling: Role of QD surface ligand, delivery modality, cell type, and direct comparison to organic fluorophores

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1570-1583

  Bradburne, Christopher E ^a   Delehanty, James B ^a   Boeneman Gemmill, Kelly ^a   Mei, Bing C ^a   Mattoussi, Hedi ^a   Susumu, Kimihiro ^a,b   Blanco Canosa, Juan B ^c   Dawson, Philip E ^c   Medintz, Igor L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COREMAKING; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUOROPHORES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS;

CAPPING LIGANDS; CELL LABELLING; CELL TYPES; CELLULAR LABELING; CELLULAR PROLIFERATIONS; CELLULAR VIABILITY; IN-VITRO; ORGANIC FLUOROPHORES; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE LIGANDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

AMPHOPHILE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; FLUOROPHORE; LIGAND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; IC 50; INCUBATION TIME; MONOCYTE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RING OPENING; TARGET CELL;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84884390348     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc4001917     Document Type: Article

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