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Cationic Carbon Nanotubes Bind to CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides and Enhance Their Immunostimulatory Properties

Alberto Bianco, Johan Hoebeke, Sylvie Godefroy, Olivier Chaloin, Davide Pantarotto, Jean‐Paul Briand, Sylviane Muller, Maurizio Prato, Charalambos D. Partidos

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2004 · 271 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

Functionalized cationic carbon nanotubes are able to form a stable complex with CpG ODN based on charge interaction and to increase the immunostimulatory activity of CpG motifs.

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The potential environmental impact of engineered nanomaterials

Vicki L. Colvin · Nature Biotechnology · 2003 · 2.2K citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Green Nanotechnology +7

Nanotube Molecular Transporters: Internalization of Carbon Nanotube−Protein Conjugates into Mammalian Cells

Nadine Wong Shi Kam, Theodore C. Jessop, Paul A. Wender et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2004 · 1.3K citations

Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Plasmid DNA Gene Delivery

Davide Pantarotto, Ravi Singh, David McCarthy et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2004 · 1.1K citations

Vaccination, Nanomedicine, Gene Therapies +15

Bacterial CpG-DNA and lipopolysaccharides activate Toll-like receptors at distinct cellular compartments

Parviz Ahmad‐Nejad, Hans Häcker, Mark Rutz et al. · European Journal of Immunology · 2002 · 712 citations · Full text

Innate Immune System, Immunology, Data Tlr9 +21

Soluble Carbon Nanotubes

Dimitrios Tasis, Nikos Tagmatarchis, Vasilios Georgakilas et al. · Chemistry - A European Journal · 2003 · 569 citations