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Infrared light-absorbing gold/gold sulfide nanoparticles induce cell death in esophageal adenocarcinoma

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Nanomedicine, June 2013
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Title
Infrared light-absorbing gold/gold sulfide nanoparticles induce cell death in esophageal adenocarcinoma
Published in
International Journal of Nanomedicine, June 2013
DOI 10.2147/ijn.s37140
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Authors

Robert Martin, Li, Gobin, Dryden, Kang, Xiao, Li, Zhang

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles and near infrared-absorbing light are each innocuous to tissue but when combined can destroy malignant tissue while leaving healthy tissue unharmed. This study investigated the feasibility of photothermal ablation therapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma using chitosan-coated gold/gold sulfide (CS-GGS) nanoparticles. A rat esophagoduodenal anastomosis model was used for the in vivo ablation study, and three human esophageal cell lines were used to study the response of cancer cells and benign cells to near infrared light after treatment with CS-GGS. The results indicate that both cancerous tissue and cancer cells took up more gold nanoparticles and were completely ablated after exposure to near infrared light. The benign tissue and noncancerous cells showed less uptake of these nanoparticles, and remained viable after exposure to near infrared light. CS-GGS nanoparticles could provide an optimal endoluminal therapeutic option for near infrared light ablation of esophageal cancer.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 3%
United States 1 3%
Brazil 1 3%
Unknown 36 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 23%
Researcher 7 18%
Student > Postgraduate 5 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Other 9 23%
Unknown 1 3%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 7 18%
Engineering 6 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 15%
Materials Science 5 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 5%
Other 9 23%
Unknown 4 10%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 June 2013.
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#14,171,441
of 22,712,476 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#1,654
of 3,795 outputs
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#108,519
of 194,187 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#29
of 64 outputs
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