Peroxidase-mediated biodegradation of carbon nanotubes in vitro and in vivo

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1921-1932

  Kotchey, Gregg P ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Kagan, Valerian E ^a   Star, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Carbon nanotubes; Drug delivery; Graphene; Nanoparticles; Peroxidases

Indexed keywords

CARBON-BASED; DELIVERY VEHICLE; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; PEROXIDASES; RECENT RESEARCHES; TARGET ORGANS; TEST TUBE; THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DRUG DELIVERY; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES;

BIODEGRADATION;

ARGININE; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PEROXIDASE; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION; BINDING SITE; BIODEGRADATION; BRAIN; CARBOXYLATION; CELL CULTURE; CLEARANCE; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTERNALIZATION; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; DRUG DELIVERY; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; PEROXIDASES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LUNG; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASES;

EID: 84888870978     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2013.07.007     Document Type: Review

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