Macromolecular MRI contrast agents: structures, properties and applications

J Tang, Y Sheng, H Hu, Y Shen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Stable gadolinium chelates are widely used as the contrast agents (CAs) for magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI). Conjugation of the chelates onto macromolecular carriers forms …

[HTML][HTML] Aptamers used for molecular imaging and theranostics-recent developments

L Bohrmann, T Burghardt, C Haynes, K Saatchi… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aptamers are single stranded oligonucleotides that fold into three dimensional structures
and are able to recognize a variety of molecular targets. Due to the similarity to antibodies …

Folate receptor targeted, rare-earth oxide nanocrystals for bi-modal fluorescence and magnetic imaging of cancer cells

S Setua, D Menon, A Asok, S Nair, M Koyakutty - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
Targeted cancer imaging using rare-earth oxide nanocrystals, free from heavy metals (Cd,
Se, Te, Hg and Pb), showing bright red-fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging …

Targeted biodegradable dendritic MRI contrast agent for enhanced tumor imaging

M Ye, Y Qian, J Tang, H Hu, M Sui, Y Shen - Journal of controlled release, 2013 - Elsevier
Highly sensitive and safe contrast agents (CAs) are essential for magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) to achieve accurate tumor detection and imaging. Dendrimer-based …

Macromolecular and dendrimer-based magnetic resonance contrast agents

A Bumb, MW Brechbiel, P Choyke - Acta radiologica, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful imaging modality that can provide an
assessment of function or molecular expression in tandem with anatomic detail. Over the last …

Gadolinium (III)-based blood-pool contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging: status and clinical potential

AM Mohs, ZR Lu - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Blood-pool MRI contrast agents have enormous potential to aid sensitive magnetic
resonance detection and yield definitive diagnostic data of cancer and diseases of the …

Nanoparticles as contrast agents for brain nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis

D Azria, S Blanquer, JM Verdier… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of amyloid plaques is a powerful non-invasive
approach for the early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) along with …

Strategies for the preparation of bifunctional gadolinium (III) chelators

L Frullano, P Caravan - Current organic synthesis, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
The development of gadolinium chelators that can be easily and readily linked to various
substrates is of primary importance for the development high relaxation efficiency and/or …

In vivo tumor targeting and imaging with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antibody-conjugated dextran-coated iron oxide nanoparticles

WJ Hsieh, CJ Liang, JJ Chieh, SH Wang… - International journal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background Active targeting by specific antibodies combined with nanoparticles is a
promising technology for cancer imaging and detection by magnetic resonance imaging …

Covalent attachment of Mn-porphyrin onto doxorubicin-loaded poly (lactic acid) nanoparticles for potential magnetic resonance imaging and pH-sensitive drug …

L Jing, X Liang, X Li, Y Yang, Z Dai - Acta biomaterialia, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, theranostic nanoparticles (MnP-DOX NPs) were fabricated by conjugating Mn-
porphyrin onto the surface of doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded poly (lactic acid)(PLA) nanoparticles …