Cytotoxicity Measurements of Halloysite Nanotubes for Nanomedicine Applications (Contributo in atti di convegno)

Type
Label
  • Cytotoxicity Measurements of Halloysite Nanotubes for Nanomedicine Applications (Contributo in atti di convegno) (literal)
Anno
  • 2014-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
Alternative label
  • Chiriaco, F.; Conversano, F.; Sbenaglia, E. A.; Casciaro, S.; Leporatti, S.; Lay-Ekuakille, A. (2014)
    Cytotoxicity Measurements of Halloysite Nanotubes for Nanomedicine Applications
    in 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA 2014), Lisbon, Portugal, 11-12 Giugno 2014
    (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#autori
  • Chiriaco, F.; Conversano, F.; Sbenaglia, E. A.; Casciaro, S.; Leporatti, S.; Lay-Ekuakille, A. (literal)
Pagina inizio
  • 564 (literal)
Pagina fine
  • 567 (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#titoloVolume
  • 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA 2014) Proceedings (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#pagineTotali
  • 4 (literal)
Note
  • ISI Web of Science (WOS) (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#affiliazioni
  • Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy; Institute of Nanosciences, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy; Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy (literal)
Titolo
  • Cytotoxicity Measurements of Halloysite Nanotubes for Nanomedicine Applications (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#isbn
  • 978-1-4799-2921-4 (literal)
Abstract
  • Halloysite Clay nanotubes (HNTs) are naturally occurring nanotubes composed of double layered aluminosilicate minerals with a hollow tubular structure in the nanometer range. In recent years, HNTs have attracted specific research attention as a possible new material for various biological applications, including drug and gene delivery vehicles, ultrasound contrast agents, cancer and stem cells isolation. Therefore, assessment of HNT biocompatibility has gained importance to demonstrate its suitability for clinical purposes. In this study, HNTs were densely coated with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and MTT measurements were performed on MCF-7 (breast cancer) and HeLa (cervical cancer) cells to quantify the biocompatibility of PEG-coated HNTs as a function of nanotube dosage and incubation time. PEG-coated HNTs resulted fully biocompatible for both cell lines at concentrations up to 0.1 mg/mL (>70% of cells survived after 72-h incubation), making them suitable candidates for nanomedicine applications at moderate levels of exposure. (literal)
Prodotto di
Autore CNR
Insieme di parole chiave

Incoming links:


Prodotto
Autore CNR di
Insieme di parole chiave di
data.CNR.it