Delivery and cellular uptake characteristics by different AuNPs.

S. No	Delivery and uptake	Determination method	AuNP size (nm)	Molecule used	Ref.
1	AuNPs-(Manα1-2Man)-HIV Gag p17		2.3 nm	Dimannose (Manα1-2Man) and HIV Gag p17 protein	101
2	Accumulation in spleen decreased when AuNP–glucose was injected	ICP-MS	1.8 ± 0.32 nm	AuNP–TAMRA and AuNP–glucose	92
3	Preferential uptake of FITC-Te50AuNP was observed	FC, CLSM	1.2–2.0 nm	FITC-mannoAuNPs	99
4	PEI–AuNRs and PEI showed higher transfection capability	pEGFP	15 nm	PEI–AuNRs, PDDAC–Au NRs, CTAB–Au NRs	74