Carbon Nanotubes Carrying Cell‐Adhesion Peptides do not Interfere with Neuronal Functionality

Claire Gaillard, Giada Cellot, Shouping Li, Francesca M. Toma, Hélène Dumortier, Giampiero Spalluto, Barbara Cacciari, Maurizio Prato, Laura Ballerini, Alberto Bianco

Advanced Materials · 2009 · 73 citations · 37 references

Abstract

Water-soluble carbon nanotubes functionalized with cell-adhesion peptides do not affect the viability of different cell types, including Jurkat cells, splenocytes, and neurons. They also do not modify the neuronal morphology and basic functions, thus representing a promising candidate for the exploitation of novel drug-delivery systems or for designing a new generation of self-assembling nerve bridges. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

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