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

Narayanan, Karthikeyan; Lin, Alex W H; Zheng, Yuangang; Erathodiyil, Nandanan; Wan, Andrew C A; Ying, Jackie Y · Adv Healthc Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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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.

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