Abstract
Strategies were developed by which mesoporous microparticles were modified on their external surfaces with tetraethylene glycol (TEG), a protein, or both, leaving the pore surfaces available for modification with a separate moiety, such as a dye. Only particles bifunctionally modified with both TEG and a cell-specific antibody were taken up specifically by a targeted cancer cell line. In contrast to similarly functionalized nanoparticles, endocytosed microparticles were not contained within a lysosome.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2489-2495 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 22 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- biomedical applications
- drug delivery
- porous materials
- silica
- surface modification
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science