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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Functionalized with Amino Groups for Biomedical Applications.

Bianca Martins Estevão, Ivana Miletto, Noboru Hioka, Leonardo Marchese, Enrica Gianotti

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Article in ChemistryOpen, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bianca Martins EstevãoDepartment of Science and Technological Innovation, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Viale T. Michel, 11, 15121, Alessandria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7913-6979
Ivana MilettoDepartment of Science and Technological Innovation, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Viale T. Michel, 11, 15121, Alessandria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0313-7614
Noboru HiokaResearch Nucleus in Photodynamic System, State University of Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790, CEP 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Leonardo MarcheseDepartment of Science and Technological Innovation, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Viale T. Michel, 11, 15121, Alessandria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9191-1237
Enrica GianottiDepartment of Science and Technological Innovation, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Viale T. Michel, 11, 15121, Alessandria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4383-3526
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · ITUniversidade Estadual de Maringá · BR

Funding

ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS OF T CELL ACTIVATIONK08AR002017 · NIAMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BYRD, VICTOR M · 1998 to 2002
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Fondi di Ateneo per la Ricerca anno 2017 FAR 2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of amino-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles are presented following two different synthetic methods: co-condensation and post-synthesis grafting of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. The amino groups' distribution on the mesoporous silica nanoparticles was evaluated considering the aggregation state of a grafted photosensitizer (Verteporfin) by using spectroscopic techniques. The homogeneous distribution of amino groups within the silica network is a key factor to avoid aggregation during further organic functionalization and to optimize the performance of functionalized silica nanoparticles in biomedical applications. In addition, the formation of a protein corona on the external surface of both bare and amino-functionalized mesoporous silica was also investigated by adsorbing Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) as a model protein. The adsorption of BSA was found to be favorable, reducing the aggregation phenomena for both bare and amino-modified nanoparticles. Nevertheless, the dispersant effect of BSA was much more evident in the case of amino-modified nanoparticles, which reached monodispersion after adsorption of the protein, thus suggesting that amino-modified nanoparticles can benefit from protein corona formation for preventing severe aggregation in biological media.

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NanoparticlesSilicon DioxideAdsorptionSerum Albumin, BovineSerum Albumin, BovineSilicon Dioxideaggregationamino-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticlesBSAco-condensationgrafting

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PMID34907672
PMCPMC8671895
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