Targeted Intracellular Heat Transfer in Cancer Therapy: Assessment of Asparagine-laminated Gold Nanoparticles in Cell Model of T cell Leukemia

• Main Authors: Shadab SHAHRIARI (Author), Maryam BAKHSHI (Author), Ahmad Reza SHAHVERDI (Author), Azar BERAHMEH (Author), Farnaz SAFAVIFAR (Author), Mohammad Reza KHORRAMIZADEH (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: High temperatures have destructive effects on cancer cells by damaging proteins and structures within cells. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can act as drug delivery vehicles, especially for cancer therapy. Due to the selective intake of asparagine molecules into malignant cells, AuNPs were c...