Carbon nanotubes: Smart drug/gene delivery carriers

H Zare, S Ahmadi, A Ghasemi, M Ghanbari… - International journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The unique properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)(such as their high surface to volume
ratios, enhanced conductivity and strength, biocompatibility, ease of functionalization, optical …

Interaction of nanoparticles with proteins: relation to bio-reactivity of the nanoparticle

SR Saptarshi, A Duschl, AL Lopata - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2013 - Springer
Interaction of nanoparticles with proteins is the basis of nanoparticle bio-reactivity. This
interaction gives rise to the formation of a dynamic nanoparticle-protein corona. The protein …

Biocompatibility of nanomaterials and their immunological properties

TR Kyriakides, A Raj, TH Tseng, H **ao… - Biomedical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanomaterials (NMs) have revolutionized multiple aspects of medicine by enabling novel
sensing, diagnostic, and therapeutic approaches. Advancements in processing and …

Effect of the protein corona on nanoparticles for modulating cytotoxicity and immunotoxicity

YK Lee, EJ Choi, TJ Webster, SH Kim… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Although the cytotoxicity of nanoparticles (NPs) is greatly influenced by their interactions
with blood proteins, toxic effects resulting from blood interactions are often ignored in the …

Quantitative profiling of the protein coronas that form around nanoparticles

D Docter, U Distler, W Storck, J Kuharev, D Wünsch… - Nature protocols, 2014 - nature.com
Nanoparticle applications in biotechnology and biomedicine are steadily increasing. In
biological fluids, proteins bind to nanoparticles that form the protein corona, crucially …

The interaction between nanoparticles-protein corona complex and cells and its toxic effect on cells

N Liu, M Tang, J Ding - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Once nanoparticles (NPs) contact with the biological fluids, the proteins immediately adsorb
onto their surface, forming a layer called protein corona (PC), which bestows the biological …

Protein–nanoparticle interaction: corona formation and conformational changes in proteins on nanoparticles

SJ Park - International journal of nanomedicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Nanoparticles (NPs) are highly potent tools for the diagnosis of diseases and specific
delivery of therapeutic agents. Their development and application are scientifically and …

Cancer‐targeted nanomedicine: overcoming the barrier of the protein corona

AK Barui, JY Oh, B Jana, C Kim… - Advanced therapeutics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicines exploit the unusual physicochemical and biological properties of
nanoparticles, including their nanoscopic size, high surface‐area‐to‐volume ratio, easy …

Determinants of carbon nanotube toxicity

S Lanone, P Andujar, A Kermanizadeh… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the last few years questions have been raised regarding the potential toxicity of carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) to humans and environment. It is believed that the physico-chemical …

Towards understanding of nanoparticle–protein corona

C Ge, J Tian, Y Zhao, C Chen, R Zhou, Z Chai - Archives of toxicology, 2015 - Springer
With the rapid developments of nanotechnology, chances of exposing nanoscale particles to
humans (eg, workers and consumers) also increase correspondingly, which raises serious …