| Literature DB >> 22924813 |
Manoj K Gottipati1, Irina Kalinina, Elena Bekyarova, Robert C Haddon, Vladimir Parpura.
Abstract
We report the use of chemically functionalized water-soluble single-walled carbon nanotubes (ws-SWCNTs) for the modulation of morpho-functional characteristics of astrocytes. When added to the culturing medium, ws-SWCNTs were able to make astrocytes larger and stellate/mature, changes associated with the increase in glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity. Thus, ws-SWCNTs could have more beneficial effects at the injury site than previously thought; by affecting astrocytes, they could provide for a more comprehensive re-establishment of the brain computational power.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22924813 DOI: 10.1021/nl302178s
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189