Fukui Tomoe, Kobayashi Hiroaki, Hasegawa Urara, Nagasawa Toshiyuki, Akiyoshi Kazunari, Ishikawa Isao
Section of Periodontology, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8549, Japan.
Drug Metab Lett. 2007 Apr;1(2):131-5. doi: 10.2174/187231207780363570.
Nanogels of cholesterol-bearing pullulan modified with amino-groups (CHPNH(2)) were utilized as a career to introduce quantum dots (QDs) into periodontal ligament (PDL) cells. Nanogel-QD effectively labeled PDL cells over 3 weeks. These results indicate that CHPNH(2)nanogels have a potential as a research tool in the studies of intracellular delivery system.