Iron oxide nanoparticle-mediated development of cellular gap junction crosstalk to improve mesenchymal stem cells' therapeutic efficacy for myocardial infarction

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2805-2819

  Han, Jin ^a   Kim, Bokyoung ^b   Shin, Jung Youn ^a   Ryu, Seungmi ^a   Noh, Myungkyung ^a   Woo, Jongsu ^b   Park, Jin Sil ^b   Lee, Youjin ^a,c   Lee, Nohyun ^d   Hyeon, Taeghwan ^a,c   Choi, Donghoon ^b   Kim, Byung Soo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^d Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ion delivery; iron oxide nanoparticle; mesenchymal stem cells; myocardial infarction; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CELL ENGINEERING; CROSSTALK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLOWCHARTING; HEART; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

GAP JUNCTION PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES (IONPS); MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY; THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS;

CELL CULTURE;

CONNEXIN 43; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; METABOLISM; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURVIVAL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXIN 43; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; NANOPARTICLES; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84925596641     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506732n     Document Type: Article

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