ArticleApplied biochemistry and biotechnology2025
Comparative Analysis of Aptamer-Conjugated Chemical and Green Synthesized Gold Nanoparticles for Targeted Therapy in MCF-7 Cancer Cells.
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- Biologically Mediated Nanoparticle Synthesis as a Potential Green Strategy: Principles, Methods, and Pharmaceutical Applications.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- CD47 Aptamer-Decorated Fluorescent POSS Hybrid Nanoparticles as a Biohybrid Interface for Probing Prostate Cancer-Macrophage Interactions.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Selenium-Containing Compounds in Breast Cancer Therapy.Biological trace element research · 2026Review
- Eco-Engineered Gold Nanoparticles Via Laurus Nobilis at Native pH: Toward Multifunctional Nanoformulations for in Vitro Cancer Therapy.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Targeted photodynamic therapy for MCF-7 breast cancer using antibody-conjugated, green-synthesized gold nanoparticles loaded with hypericin: a proof of concept.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026Article
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- Engineered Plasmonic and Fluorescent Nanomaterials for Biosensing, Motion, Imaging, and Therapeutic Applications.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- Multifunctional gold nanoparticles: bridging detection, diagnosis, and targeted therapy in cancer.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
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Abstract
Breast cancer remains a challenging health issue, demanding innovative treatment approaches that maximize efficacy while minimizing damage to healthy cells. Targeted therapy offers a promising strategy tailored to the unique characteristics of breast cancer tumors. Gold nanoparticles have been studied in the context of their therapeutic potential towards cancer treatment showing great success. Recently, aptamers were also investigated for their targeting efficiency towards specific receptors allowing their use in targeting delivery systems. In this study, computational analysis was used to confirm the strong binding between AS1411 aptamer and the nucleolin receptor extensively present on the surface of breast cancer cells, highlighting the aptamer's potential for specific targeting. Furthermore, we investigated and compared the use of AS1411 aptamer-conjugated chemically synthesized (GNPs) and flaxseed-green-synthesized (Fs-GNPs) gold nanoparticles as targeting therapeutic systems for breast cancer cells. Our results showed successful conjugation of the AS1411 aptamer with both, the GNPs and Fs-GNPs. Characterization of the nanoparticles and their conjugates validates their size, charge, and morphology, affirming the success of the conjugation process. Cytotoxicity assessments using the MTT assay demonstrated the effectiveness of the conjugates against breast cancer cells, with the AS1411-Fs-GNPs conjugate exhibiting higher inhibitory efficacy, featuring an IC
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