Chitosan-Coated Gold Nanoparticles Induce Low Cytotoxicity and Low ROS Production in Primary Leucocytes, Independent of Their Proliferative Status

• Main Authors: Helen Yarimet Lorenzo-Anota (Author), Diana G. Zarate-Triviño (Author), Jorge Alberto Uribe-Echeverría (Author), Andrea Ávila-Ávila (Author), José Raúl Rangel-López (Author), Ana Carolina Martínez-Torres (Author), Cristina Rodríguez-Padilla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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(1) Background: Chitosan-coated gold nanoparticles (CH-AuNPs) have important theranostic applications in biomedical sciences, including cancer research. However, although cell cytotoxicity has been studied in cancerous cells, little is known about their effect in proliferating primary leukocytes. He...