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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2015

Lipid-coated gold nanocomposites for enhanced cancer therapy.

Ji Hee Kang, Young Tag Ko

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ji Hee KangCollege of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Young Tag KoCollege of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Gachon University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the work reported here was to develop lipid-coated multifunctional nanocomposites composed of drugs and nanoparticles for use in cancer therapy. We incorporated thermosensitive phospholipids onto the surface of anisotropic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to further enhance drug delivery, with possible additional applications for in vivo imaging and photothermal cancer therapy. Lipid-coated nanohybrids loaded with the drug docetaxel (DTX) were prepared by a thin-film formation, hydration, and sonication method. Nanoparticles and their composites were characterized using particle-size analysis, zeta potential measurements, transmission electron microscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, demonstrating successful loading of DTX into the lipid bilayer on the surface of the gold nanoparticles. Initial in vitro studies using breast-cancer (MCF-7) and melanoma (B16F10) cell lines demonstrated that the drug-containing nanocomposites at equivalent drug concentrations caused significant cytotoxicity compared to free DTX. Differential flow cytometry analysis confirmed the improved cellular uptake of lipid-coated nanocomposites. Our preliminary results show that DTX-loaded anionic lipid-coated gold nanorod (AL_AuNR_DTX) and cationic lipid-coated gold nanoparticle (CL_AuNP_DTX) possess effective tumor cell-suppression abilities and can therefore be considered promising chemotherapeutic agents. Further evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of these hybrid nanoparticles combined with external near-infrared photothermal treatment is warranted to assess their synergistic anticancer actions and potential bioimaging applications.

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Antineoplastic AgentsGoldLipidsNanocompositesCell Line, TumorHumansAntineoplastic AgentsGoldLipidsanticancerdocetaxeldrug-containing nanocompositesgold nanorodsthermosensitive lipids

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PMID26345327
PMCPMC4554419
OpenAlexW1726368521

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