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AUTHOR
Philippe Decorse
Grafting TRAIL through Either Amino or Carboxylic Groups onto Maghemite Nanoparticles: Influence on Pro-Apoptotic Efficiency
International audience; Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a member of the TNF cytokine superfamily. TRAIL is able to induce apoptosis through engagement of its death receptors DR4 and DR5 in a wide variety of tumor cells while sparing vital normal cells. This makes it a promising agent for cancer therapy. Here, we present two different ways of covalently grafting TRAIL onto maghemite nanoparticles (NPs): (a) by using carboxylic acid groups of the protein to graft it onto maghemite NPs previously functionalized with amino groups, and (b) by using the amino functions of the protein to graft it onto NPs functionalized with carboxylic acid groups. The two …
A comparative study of the surface and bulk properties of lanthanum-strontium-manganese oxides La1âxSrxMnO3±δ as a function of Sr-content, oxygen potential and temperature
Abstract The properties of the perovskite-type La 1− x Sr x MnO 3± δ oxides (0≤ x ≤1) are related to the reversible redox reaction of manganese ions Mn 3+ ↔Mn 4+ . This reaction plays an essential role both in the interfacial transfers and transport properties and depends on relative cation concentrations and experimental conditions. In this paper we present experimental investigations aiming to determine, to compare and to control some of the surface and bulk properties of these oxides. The bulk and surface Mn 4+ contents were investigated by thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) in hydrogen and X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS) respectively. With a finely divided La 0.8 Sr 0.2 MnO 3 powde…