Detection and selective destruction of breast cancer cells

  • Yan Xiao
  • , Xiugong Gao
  • , Oleh Taratula
  • , Stephen Treado
  • , Aaron Urbas
  • , R. David Holbrook
  • , Richard E. Cavicchi
  • , C. Thomas Avedisian
  • , Somenath Mitra
  • , Ronak Savla
  • , Paul D. Wagner
  • , Sudhir Srivastava
  • , Huixin He

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

Nanocarrier-based antibody targeting is a promising modality in therapeutic and diagnostic oncology. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) exhibit two unique optical properties that can be exploited for these applications, strong Raman signal for cancer cell detection and near-infrared (NIR) absorbance for selective photothermal ablation of tumors. In the present study, we constructed a HER2 IgY-SWNT complex and demonstrated its dual functionality for both detection and selective destruction of cancer cells in an in vitro model consisting of HER2-expressing SK-BR-3 cells, and HER2-negative MCF-7 cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationRecent Advances in Nanotechnology
PublisherApple Academic Press
Pages108-123
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781466558465
ISBN (Print)9781926692739
StatePublished - Jan 1 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Engineering

Keywords

  • Atomic force microscopy
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Nanomedicine
  • Near-infrared
  • Single-walled carbon nanotubes

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