Tumor Cell Targeting Using Folate-Conjugated Fluorescent Quantum Dots and Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis
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Tumor cell targeting using folate-conjugated fluorescent quantum dots and receptor-mediated endocytosis.
BACKGROUND Luminescent nanobioprobes with cell-targeting specificity are likely to find important applications in bioanalysis, biomedicine, and clinical diagnosis. Quantum dots (QDs) are unique and promising materials for such a purpose because of their fluorescence and large surface area for attaching cell-targeting molecules. METHODS We produced water-dispersible QDs by coating hydrophobic ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.113423