Functionalized nanomaterials: are they effective to perform gene delivery to difficult-to-transfect cells with no cytotoxicity?

Autor: Mauro Cunha Xavier Pinto, S. R. A. Scalzo Junior, F. H. P. de Macedo, Jader S. Cruz, Luiz Orlando Ladeira, F. G. Pacheco, Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, Nicole de Cássia Oliveira Paiva, Luiz R. França, Silvia Guatimosim, Samyra M.S.N. Lacerda, J. D. Corrêa Junior, R. R. Resende
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Nanoscale. 7:18036-18043
ISSN: 2040-3372
2040-3364
DOI: 10.1039/c5nr04173b
Popis: Nanodiamonds (NDs), multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and gold nanorods (NRs) can be functionalized to promote gene delivery to hard-to-transfect cells with higher transfection efficiency than cationic lipids, and inducing less cell death.
Databáze: OpenAIRE