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SUBMITTER: Xu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5177598 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Hao H Kona Soujanya S Su Lee-Chun LC Tsai Yi-Ting YT Dong Jing-Fei JF Brilakis Emmanouil S ES Tang Liping L Banerjee Subhash S Nguyen Kytai T KT
Journal of cardiovascular translational research 20130503 4
Endothelial cell (EC) activation and inflammation is a key step in the initiation and progression of many cardiovascular diseases. Targeted delivery of therapeutic reagents to inflamed EC using nanoparticles is challenging as nanoparticles do not arrest on EC efficiently under high shear stress. In this study, we developed a novel polymeric platelet-mimicking nanoparticle for strong particle adhesion onto ECs and enhanced particle internalization by ECs. This nanoparticle was encapsulated with d ...[more]