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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Modulation of Macrophage Polarization by Carbon Nanodots and Elucidation of Carbon Nanodot Uptake Routes in Macrophages.

Andrew Dunphy, Kamal Patel, Sarah Belperain, Aubrey Pennington, Norman H L Chiu, Ziyu Yin, Xuewei Zhu, Brandon Priebe, Shaomin Tian, Jianjun Wei and 2 more

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Immunomodulatory Nanozymes as Programmable Redox-Immune Set-Point Regulators.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  4. Nanomedicine for Diagnosis and Treatment of Atherosclerosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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  6. Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery and Cancer Therapy.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Andrew DunphyDepartment of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 312 Eberhart Building, 321 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC 27402-617, USA.
Kamal PatelDepartment of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 312 Eberhart Building, 321 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC 27402-617, USA.
Sarah BelperainDepartment of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 312 Eberhart Building, 321 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC 27402-617, USA.
Aubrey PenningtonDepartment of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 312 Eberhart Building, 321 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC 27402-617, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3986-4581
Norman H L ChiuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA.
Ziyu YinDepartment of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA.
Xuewei ZhuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section on Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8606-0930
Brandon PriebeDepartment of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 312 Eberhart Building, 321 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC 27402-617, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4791-282X
Shaomin TianDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Jianjun WeiDepartment of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2658-0248
Xianwen YiLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Zhenquan JiaDepartment of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 312 Eberhart Building, 321 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC 27402-617, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5187-1549

Funding

Novel Carbon Nanodots against Vascular InflammationR15HL129212 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI JIA, ZHENQUAN · 2016 to 2016
$455k
Novel carbon nanodots for modulation of OxLDL mediated inflammation and inhibition of atherosclerosisR15HL150664 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI JIA, ZHENQUAN · 2020 to 2020
$447k
NHLBI NIH HHS R15 HL129212NHLBI NIH HHS R15 HL150664Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, National Institutes of Health 1R15HL129212-01A1 and 1R15HL150664-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis represents an ever-present global concern, as it is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and an immense public welfare issue. Macrophages play a key role in the onset of the disease state and are popular targets in vascular research and therapeutic treatment. Carbon nanodots (CNDs) represent a type of carbon-based nanomaterial and have garnered attention in recent years for potential in biomedical applications. This investigation serves as a foremost attempt at characterizing the interplay between macrophages and CNDs. We have employed THP-1 monocyte-derived macrophages as our target cell line representing primary macrophages in the human body. Our results showcase that CNDs are non-toxic at a variety of doses. THP-1 monocytes were differentiated into macrophages by treatment with 12-

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carbon nanodotsmacrophagesphagocytosispolarizationuptake routes

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PMID33925858
PMCPMC8145848

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