| Literature DB >> 22375622 |
Santanu Bhattacharya1, Daniel Roxbury, Xun Gong, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Anand Jagota.
Abstract
Several applications of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) as nanovectors in biological systems have been reported, and several molecular pathways of cellular entry have been proposed. We employed transmission electron microscopy, confocal fluorescent microscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopic analysis to confirm the internalization of DNA-SWCNT in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Additionally, by using pharmacological inhibitors as well as genetic approaches, we have found that SWCNT is endocytosed through Rac1- GTPase mediated macropinocytosis in normal endothelial cells.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22375622 PMCID: PMC3324635 DOI: 10.1021/nl204058u
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189