Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 298-304 , September 2009

In vitro interactions between splenocytes and dansylamide dye–embedded nanoparticles detected by flow cytometry

  • Jennifer F. Nyland, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29209, USA.
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  • Jennifer J.K. Bai, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Material Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Howard E. Katz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Material Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Ellen K. Silbergeld, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Received 6 August 2008 ,Accepted 2 January 2009.

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 Funding was provided by a seed grant from the Johns Hopkins Institute of NanoBiomedical Technology to H.E.K. and E.K.S and NSF PREM to J.J.K.B. and National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences K99 grant (ES015426) to J.F.N.

 The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest for the research presented.

PII: S1549-9634(09)00007-0

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.01.001

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 298-304 , September 2009

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