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SUBMITTER: McMahon KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4077779 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McMahon Kaylin M KM Mutharasan R Kannan RK Tripathy Sushant S Veliceasa Dorina D Bobeica Mariana M Shumaker Dale K DK Luthi Andrea J AJ Helfand Brian T BT Ardehali Hossein H Mirkin Chad A CA Volpert Olga O Thaxton C Shad CS
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We report a gold nanoparticle-templated high density lipoprotein (HDL AuNP) platform for gene therapy that combines lipid-based nucleic acid transfection strategies with HDL biomimicry. For proof-of-concept, HDL AuNPs are shown to adsorb antisense cholesterylated DNA. The conjugates are internalized by human cells, can be tracked within cells using transmission electron microscopy, and regulate target gene expression. Overall, the ability to directly image the AuNP core within cells, the chemica ...[more]