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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Characterizing the Cellular Response to Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanocups.

Amber S Griffith, Thomas D Zhang, Seth C Burkert, Zelal Adiguzel, Ceyda Acilan, Alexander Star, William S Saunders

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Amber S GriffithDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. ASG56@pitt.edu.
Thomas D ZhangDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. TDZ7@pitt.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3286-1396
Seth C BurkertDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. scb55@pitt.edu.
Zelal AdiguzelTUBITAK, Marmara Research Center, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Institute, 41470 Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey. zelal.adiguzel@tubitak.gov.tr.
Ceyda AcilanSchool of Medicine, Koc University, 34450 Sarıyer, Turkey. cayhan@ku.edu.tr.
Alexander StarDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. astar@pitt.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7863-5987
William S SaundersDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. wsaund@pitt.edu.

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOGENETICST32AI007163 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Kenneth M Murphy, Kodi S Ravichandran · 1985 to 2026
$14.8M
Origin of Spindle Multipolarity in Oral Cancer CellsR01DE016086 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SAUNDERS, WILLIAM · 2004 to 2015
$3.6M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007163NIDCR NIH HHS 5R01DE016086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon nanomaterials, specifically, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have many potential applications in biology and medicine. Currently, this material has not reached its full potential for application due to the potential toxicity to mammalian cells, and the incomplete understanding of how CNTs interface with cells. The chemical composition and structural features of CNTs have been shown to directly affect their biological compatibility. The incorporation of nitrogen dopants to the graphitic lattice of CNTs results in a unique cup shaped morphology and minimal cytotoxicity in comparison to its undoped counterpart. In this study, we investigate how uniquely shaped nitrogen-doped carbon nanocups (NCNCs) interface with HeLa cells, a cervical cancer epithelial cultured cell line, and RPE-1 cells, an immortalized cultured epithelial cell line. We determined that NCNCs do not elicit a cytotoxic response in cells, and that they are uptaken via endocytosis. We have conjugated fluorescently tagged antibodies to NCNCs and shown that the protein-conjugated material is also capable of entering cells. This primes NCNCs to be a good candidate for subsequent protein modifications and applications in biological systems.

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biocompatibilitynanocupsnanotubes

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PMID31208132
PMCPMC6631063

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