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Aerosol delivery of functionalized gold nanoparticles target and activate dendritic cells in a 3D lung cellular model

Fytianos, Kleanthis ; Chortarea, Savvina ; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura ; Blank, Fabian ; Garnier, Christophe von ; Petri-Fink, Alke ; Rothen-Rutishauser, and Barbara

In: ACS Nano, 2017, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 375–383

Nanocarrier design combined with pulmonary drug delivery holds great promise for the treatment of respiratory tract disorders. In particular, targeting of dendritic cells that are key immune cells to enhance or suppress an immune response in the lung is a promising approach for the treatment of allergic diseases. Fluorescently encoded poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-coated gold nanoparticles,...

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Uptake efficiency of surface modified gold nanoparticles does not correlate with functional changes and cytokine secretion in human dendritic cells in vitro

Fytianos, Kleanthis ; Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura ; Clift, Martin J.D. ; Blank, Fabian ; Vanhecke, Dimitri ; Garnier, Christophe von ; Petri-Fink, Alke ; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara

In: Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 2015, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 633–644

Engineering nanoparticles (NPs) for immune modulation require a thorough understanding of their interaction(s) with cells. Gold NPs (AuNPs) were coated with polyethylene glycol (PEG), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or a mixture of both with either positive or negative surface charge to investigate uptake and cell response in monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDCs). Inductively coupled plasma optical...

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Size-dependent accumulation of particles in lysosomes modulates dendritic cell function through impaired antigen degradation

Seydoux, Emilie ; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara ; Nita, Izabela M ; Balog, Sandor ; Gazdhar, Amiq ; Stumbles, Philip A ; Petri-Fink, Alke ; Blank, Fabian ; Garnier, Christophe von

In: International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2014, p. 3885

Introduction: Nanosized particles may enable therapeutic modulation of immune responses by targeting dendritic cell (DC) networks in accessible organs such as the lung. To date, however, the effects of nanoparticles on DC function and downstream immune responses remain poorly understood. Methods: Bone marrow–derived DCs (BMDCs) were exposed in vitro to 20 or...

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Fluorescence-encoded gold nanoparticles: library design and modulation of cellular uptake into dendritic cells

Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura ; Fytianos, Kleanthis ; Blank, Fabian ; Garnier, Christophe von ; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara ; Petri-Fink, Alke

In: Small, 2014, vol. 10, no. 7, p. 1341–1350

In order to harness the unique properties of nanoparticles for novel clinical applications and to modulate their uptake into specific immune cells we designed a new library of homo- and hetero-functional fluorescence-encoded gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) using different poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(ethylene glycol)-based polymers for particle coating and stabilization. The encoded particles were...