Photoluminescent Cationic Carbon Dots as efficient Non-Viral Delivery of Plasmid SOX9 and Chondrogenesis of Fibroblasts

Abstract With the increasing demand for higher gene carrier performance, a multifunctional vector could immensely simplify gene delivery for disease treatment; nevertheless, the current non- viral vectors lack self-tracking ability. Here, a type of novel, dual-functional cationic carbon dots (CDs),...

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Main Authors: Xia Cao, Jianping Wang, Wenwen Deng, Jingjing Chen, Yan Wang, Jie Zhou, Pan Du, Wenqian Xu, Qiang Wang, Qilong Wang, Qingtong Yu, Myron Spector, Jiangnan Yu, Ximing Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25330-x