Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 82-88 , June 2006

Influence of macrophage activation on their capacity to bind bacterial antigens studied with atomic force microscopy

  • Marta Targosz, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Aleksander Labuda, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Pawel Czuba, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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  • Rafal Biedroń, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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  • Magdalena Strus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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  • Andrzej Gamian, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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  • Janusz Marcinkiewicz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
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  • Marek Szymoński, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

Received 11 February 2006 ,Accepted 8 April 2006.

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 This work was supported by grants 1 P03B 098 28 and 3 T11E 033 26 from the Committee for Scientific Research (MNII) of Poland.

PII: S1549-9634(06)00046-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2006.04.006

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 82-88 , June 2006

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