Target delivery and cell imaging using hyaluronic acid-functionalized graphene quantum dots

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3736-3744

  Al Nahain, Abdullah ^a   Lee, Jung Eun ^b   In, Insik ^a   Lee, Haeshin ^c   Lee, Kang Dae ^d   Jeong, Ji Hoon ^b   Park, Sung Young ^a  

^a Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d Kosin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell imaging; Graphene quantum dots; Hyaluronic acid; In vivo; Target delivery

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOXORUBICIN; GRAPHENE; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL LINE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOGS; DOPAMINE; DRUG CARRIERS; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84887597360     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp400219u     Document Type: Article

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