Glucosamine-conjugated nanoparticles for the separation of insulin-secreting beta cells

  • Karthikeyan Narayanan
  • , Alex W.H. Lin
  • , Yuangang Zheng
  • , Nandanan Erathodiyil
  • , Andrew C.A. Wan*
  • , Jackie Y. Ying
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A small molecule, glucosamine, is used as targeting moiety for insulin-secreting beta cell separation in artificial cell mixtures and tissue samples. The specificity of glucosamine allows it to be used in cell sorting applications. In addition, a thrombin-specific cleavable peptide was used as an intermediary to release nanoparticles from cell surfaces to facilitate cell attachment and proliferation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1198-1203
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Healthcare Materials
Volume2
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Beta cell separation
  • Glucosamine
  • Iron oxide nanoparticles
  • Quantum dots

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomaterials
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pharmaceutical Science

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