Folate-grafted boron nitride nanotubes: Possible exploitation in cancer therapy

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 481, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 56-63

  Ferreira, Tiago H ^a   Marino, Attilio ^b,c   Rocca, Antonella ^b,c   Liakos, Ioannis ^d   Nitti, Simone ^d   Athanassiou, Athanassia ^d   Mattoli, Virgilio ^b   Mazzolai, Barbara ^b   De Sousa, Edesia M B ^a   Ciofani, Gianni ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotubes; Cancer therapy; Folic acid; HeLa cells; Nanovectors

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; FOLIC ACID; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON NITRIDE; DRUG CARRIER;

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERNALIZATION; METABOLIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; NEOPLASMS;

BORON COMPOUNDS; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG CARRIERS; FOLIC ACID; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NANOTUBES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84922260595     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.01.048     Document Type: Article

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