| Literature DB >> 21899318 |
Tal Dvir1, Michael Bauer, Avi Schroeder, Jonathan H Tsui, Daniel G Anderson, Robert Langer, Ronglih Liao, Daniel S Kohane.
Abstract
We report a nanoparticulate system capable of targeting the heart after myocardial infarction (MI). Targeting is based on overexpression of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor in the infarcted heart. Liposomes 142 nm in diameter were conjugated with a ligand specific to AT1. The nanoparticles were able to specifically target cardiac cells in vitro, and in the infarcted heart after intravenous injection in vivo. This system may be useful for delivering therapeutic agents specifically to the infarcted heart.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21899318 PMCID: PMC3192253 DOI: 10.1021/nl2025882
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189