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Synthesis And Biomedical Applications Of Hollow Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Aloka S. Paragoda Arachchilage
Synthesis And Biomedical Applications Of Hollow Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Aloka S. Paragoda Arachchilage
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Nano-scale materials have gained much attention during the past few decades due to the stark differences in their properties compared to bulk material. Thus, they are being studied for a myriad of applications ranging from harnessing solar energy to diagnostics. This thesis focuses on the synthesis of hollow iron oxide nanoparticles using Galvanic replacement reactions and their application in drug delivery. Moreover, the use of a peptide precursor for the enhancement of exosomes is also discussed.
Chapter 1 discusses a simple and economical Galvanic approach used for the synthesis of hollow one-dimensional iron oxide nanotubes. In the initial reaction, the …
Identification And Characterization Of Protein Kinase C Substrates In Human Breast Cells, Xin Zhao
Identification And Characterization Of Protein Kinase C Substrates In Human Breast Cells, Xin Zhao
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Aberrations in PKC signaling can lead to the development of multiple human diseases and the most prominent association of PKC with disease has been in tumor growth and metastasis. PKC and its related pathways have been recognized as promising targets for blocking the malignancy of breast cancer cells. To better understand PKC-mediated pathway in breast cancer cells, it is important to identify the cellular substrates of PKC. The main focus of this work is to identify physiologically relevant cellular substrates of PKC in human breast cells and to characterize their roles in cancer-related phenotypes. The work to be described consists …