Gold Nanoparticle Reprograms Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment and Inhibits Tumor Growth

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 10636-10651

  Saha, Sounik ^a   Xiong, Xunhao ^a   Chakraborty, Prabir K ^a   Shameer, Khader ^e   Arvizo, Rochelle R ^c   Kudgus, Rachel A ^c   Dwivedi, Shailendra Kumar Dhar ^a   Hossen, Md Nazir ^a   Gillies, Elizabeth M ^a   Robertson, J David ^f   Dudley, Joel T ^e   Urrutia, Raul A ^d   Postier, Russell G ^a   Bhattacharya, Resham ^a,b   Mukherjee, Priyabrata ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

gold nanoparticles; pancreatic cancer; stellate cells; tumor microenvironment

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CROSSTALK; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PROTEINS; TUMORS;

BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION; DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMAS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9; PANCREATIC CANCERS; STELLATE CELLS; THERAPEUTIC FUNCTIONS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

DIAGNOSIS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATIC STELLATE CELL; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC STELLATE CELLS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85007559438     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b02231     Document Type: Article

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