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ArticleNature communications2018

Biological recognition of graphene nanoflakes.

V Castagnola, W Zhao, L Boselli, M C Lo Giudice, F Meder, E Polo, K R Paton, C Backes, J N Coleman, K A Dawson

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

V CastagnolaCentre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland. valentina.castagnola@cbni.ucd.ie.
W ZhaoCentre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
L BoselliCentre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
M C Lo GiudiceCentre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5346-7638
F MederCentre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland.
E PoloCentre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8870-5280
K R PatonSchool of Physics, CRANN and AMBER, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, 2, Ireland.
C BackesSchool of Physics, CRANN and AMBER, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, 2, Ireland.
J N ColemanSchool of Physics, CRANN and AMBER, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, 2, Ireland.
K A DawsonCentre for BioNano Interactions, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland. kenneth.a.dawson@cbni.ucd.ie.
University College Dublin · IETrinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The systematic study of nanoparticle-biological interactions requires particles to be reproducibly dispersed in relevant fluids along with further development in the identification of biologically relevant structural details at the materials-biology interface. Here, we develop a biocompatible long-term colloidally stable water dispersion of few-layered graphene nanoflakes in the biological exposure medium in which it will be studied. We also report the study of the orientation and functionality of key proteins of interest in the biolayer (corona) that are believed to mediate most of the early biological interactions. The evidence accumulated shows that graphene nanoflakes are rich in effective apolipoprotein A-I presentation, and we are able to map specific functional epitopes located in the C-terminal portion that are known to mediate the binding of high-density lipoprotein to binding sites in receptors that are abundant in the liver. This could suggest a way of connecting the materials' properties to the biological outcomes.

Identifiers

PMID29679022
PMCPMC5910434
OpenAlexW2800129141

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