| Literature DB >> 25383444 |
Sun-Jung Kim1, Pan Kee Bae, Bong Hyun Chung.
Abstract
We report on the targeted imaging of breast cancer using self-assembled levan nanoparticles. Indocyanine green (ICG) was encapsulated in levan nanoparticles via self-assembly. Levan-ICG nanoparticles were found to be successfully accumulated in breast cancer via specific interaction between fructose moieties in levan and overexpressed glucose transporter 5 in breast cancer cells.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25383444 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07679f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222