Gold nanoparticles as physiological markers of urine internalization into urothelial cells in vivo
Author(s) -
Samo Hudoklin,
Daša Zupančič,
Darko Makovec,
Kreft,
Rok Romih
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s44363
Subject(s) - urothelium , internalization , in vivo , urothelial cell , urine , endosome , colloidal gold , pathology , chemistry , urinary bladder , cell , medicine , biology , urology , nanoparticle , materials science , nanotechnology , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
Urothelial bladder is the reservoir of urine and the urothelium minimizes the exchange of urine constituents with this tissue. Our aim was to test 1.9 nm biocompatible gold nanoparticles as a novel marker of internalization into the urothelial cells under physiological conditions in vivo.
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