| Literature DB >> 25695187 |
Michael Bradshaw1, Tristan D Clemons, Diwei Ho, Lucía Gutiérrez, Francisco J Lázaro, Michael J House, Timothy G St Pierre, Mark W Fear, Fiona M Wood, K Swaminathan Iyer.
Abstract
This study investigated the ability for magnetic nanoparticles to influence cellular migration in the presence of an external magnetic field. We found that the direction of migrating keratinocytes can be controlled and the migration speed of fibroblasts can be increased with the internalisation of these nanoparticles in the presence of a magnetic field. The possibility of shepherding cells towards a region of interest through the use of internalized nanoparticles is an attractive prospect for cell tracking, cell therapies, and tissue engineering applications.Mesh:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25695187 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr06594h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nanoscale ISSN: 2040-3364 Impact factor: 7.790