Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 139-145, June 2008

Polystyrene nanoparticle trafficking across alveolar epithelium

  • Nazanin R. Yacobi, MS

      Affiliations

    • Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California
    • Will Rogers Institute, Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
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  • Lucas DeMaio, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Southern California
    • Will Rogers Institute, Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Jiansong Xie, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California
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  • Sarah F. Hamm-Alvarez, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California
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  • Zea Borok, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Southern California
    • Will Rogers Institute, Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Kwang-Jin Kim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Southern California
    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California
    • Will Rogers Institute, Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Edward D. Crandall, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California
    • Department of Medicine, University of Southern California
    • Will Rogers Institute, Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Received 13 December 2007; accepted 18 February 2008. published online 31 March 2008.

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 This work was supported in part by the Hastings Foundation, the Whittier Foundation, and research grants EY 11386, EY 17923, ES 07048, HL 38578, HL 38621, HL 38658, HL 62569, and HL 64365 from the National Institutes of Health and 0730280N from the American Heart Association. Crandall is Hastings Professor and Kenneth T. Norris Jr. Chair of Medicine.

PII: S1549-9634(08)00032-4

doi:10.1016/j.nano.2008.02.002

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 139-145, June 2008

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