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Evaluating the Potential of Quantum Dots for In Vitro Biological Studies: Effects on Gene Expression Using Microarray Analysis

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Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 906)

Abstract

Quantum dots have potential applications in the biomedical field and especially in bioimaging owing to their tunable fluorescent properties. Although many phenotypic studies have been carried out using QDs on different cell lines, only very few of them involved the analysis of the effect of QDs on gene expression. Here, we describe the application of microarray gene expression analysis for studying the differential expression of genes in the cells treated with QDs.

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HPMEC cells Quantum dots RNA microarray Gene expression 
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Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and National University of Ireland Galway Millennium Fund 2008. HPMEC-ST1.6R cells were kindly provided by Ronald E. Unger, Institute of Pathology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.National Centre for Biomedical Engineering ScienceNational University of IrelandGalwayIreland
  2. 2.CRANN and the School of ChemistryTrinity College DublinDublinIreland

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