With the group of Dev Mukhopadhyay at Mayo Clinic, we studied how DNA-coated CNTs enter HUVEC cells. The main conclusion is that the mechanism is actin-mediated pinocytosis.

Bhattacharya, Santanu, Daniel Roxbury, Xun Gong, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, and Anand Jagota. “DNA conjugated SWCNTs enter endothelial cells via Rac1 mediated macropinocytosis.” Nano letters 12, no. 4 (2012): 1826-1830.