Cytotoxicity of CdSe-based quantum dots incorporated in glass nanoparticles evaluated using human keratinocyte HaCaT cells |
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| Authors: | Masanori Ando Masanori Horie Yoko Akazawa-Ogawa Yoshihisa Hagihara Norio Murase |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Ikeda, Japan;2. Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Ikeda, Japan;3. Research Institute of Electrochemical Energy, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Ikeda, Japan |
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| Abstract: | CdSe quantum dots (QDs) are potential fluorescent reagents, but leakage of Cd and Se often induces cytotoxicity. Here we prepared CdSe-based QDs with glass to reduce their leakage and examined their cytotoxicity using keratinocyte cells. The cytotoxicity of the QDs with glass was obviously lower than that of the commercial QDs with polymer, suggesting their safety for biological applications. |
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| Keywords: | CdSe cytotoxicity glass polymer quantum dot |
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