CellWell record HH-435709
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles functionalized with folic acid and zinc for enhanced targeted delivery of daunorubicin to breast cancer cells
Seyedeh Elaheh Sheykholeslami; Nasim Kaveh Farsani; Yeganeh Azari Incheh Sablagh; Soheil Afshari-BehbahaniZadeh; Mohammadhosein Keshvadi; Fatemeh Najafi; Hassan Noorbazargan
2026
In plain language
In MCF-7 breast cancer cells, folic-acid-coated silica nanoparticles carrying a chemotherapy drug and zinc produced a stronger cell-killing response than the free drug, with no effect on non-tumor MCF-10A cells, and raised BAX and caspase-9 while lowering BCL-2.
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