Nanoparticle transport from mouse vagina to adjacent lymph nodes.

To test the feasibility of localized intravaginal therapy directed to neighboring lymph nodes, the transport of quantum dots across the vaginal wall was investigated. Quantum dots instilled into the mouse vagina were transported across the vaginal mucosa into draining lymph nodes, but not into dista...

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Main Authors: Byron Ballou, Susan K Andreko, Elvira Osuna-Highley, Michael McRaven, Tina Catalone, Marcel P Bruchez, Thomas J Hope, Mohamed E Labib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3528720?pdf=render