Multi-functionalized carbon dots as theranostic nanoagent for gene delivery in lung cancer therapy

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wu, Yu Fen ^a   Wu, Hsi Chin ^b   Kuan, Chen Hsiang ^c   Lin, Chun Jui ^a   Wang, Li Wen ^a   Chang, Chien Wen ^a   Wang, Tzu Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; FOLIC ACID; IMINE; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(ETHYLENE IMINE); POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; REPORTER GENE; THERANOSTIC NANOMEDICINE; TRANSGENE; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; IMINES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; THERANOSTIC NANOMEDICINE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84958279602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21170     Document Type: Article

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