@article{van_den_bossche_efficient_2010,
title = {Efficient receptor-independent intracellular translocation of aptamers mediated by conjugation to carbon nanotubes},
author = {Jeroen Van den Bossche and Wafa' T Al-Jamal and Bowen Tian and Antonio Nunes and Chiara Fabbro and Alberto Bianco and Maurizio Prato and Kostas Kostarelos},
doi = {10.1039/c0cc02092c},
issn = {1364-548X},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-10-01},
journal = {Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)},
volume = {46},
number = {39},
pages = {7379--7381},
abstract = {We have covalently grafted aptamers onto carboxylated carbon nanotubes to design a novel vector system that can easily translocate into the cytosol of different cell types independent of receptor-mediated uptake. We propose the use of carbon nanotubes for the efficient intracellular delivery of biologically active aptamers for potential therapeutic applications.},
keywords = {Aptamers, Base Sequence, Biological Transport, carbon, Cell Line, Cell Surface, DNA Primers, Electron, Electrophoresis, Humans, I2CT, Microscopy, Nanotubes, Nucleotide, Polyacrylamide Gel, Receptors, Team-Bianco, Transmission, tumor},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We have covalently grafted aptamers onto carboxylated carbon nanotubes to design a novel vector system that can easily translocate into the cytosol of different cell types independent of receptor-mediated uptake. We propose the use of carbon nanotubes for the efficient intracellular delivery of biologically active aptamers for potential therapeutic applications.