Nanoparticles engineered to bind cellular motors for efficient delivery.

Inmaculada Dalmau-MenaPablo Del PinoBeatriz PelazMiguel Ángel Cuesta-GeijoInmaculada GalindoMaría MorosJesús M de la FuenteCovadonga Alonso

Published in: Journal of nanobiotechnology (2018)

The capacity of these motor-bound nanoparticles to spread to many cells and increasing cellular retention, thus avoiding losses and allowing lower dosage, could make them candidate carriers for drug delivery.

Keyphrases

drug delivery
induced apoptosis
cell cycle arrest
cancer therapy
endoplasmic reticulum stress
walled carbon nanotubes
cell death
oxidative stress
signaling pathway