Quantum dots: bright and versatile in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging biosensors

KD Wegner, N Hildebrandt - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have become important fluorescent probes for in vitro
and in vivo bioimaging research. Their nanoparticle surfaces for versatile bioconjugation …

Cell-based drug delivery systems and their in vivo fate

L Yang, Y Yang, Y Chen, Y Xu, J Peng - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell-based drug delivery systems (DDSs) have received attention recently because of their
unique biological properties and self-powered functions, such as excellent biocompatibility …

Meta-analysis of cellular toxicity for cadmium-containing quantum dots

E Oh, R Liu, A Nel, KB Gemill, M Bilal, Y Cohen… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding the relationships between the physicochemical properties of engineered
nanomaterials and their toxicity is critical for environmental and health risk analysis …

Cell penetrating peptides: efficient vectors for delivery of nanoparticles, nanocarriers, therapeutic and diagnostic molecules

SM Farkhani, A Valizadeh, H Karami, S Mohammadi… - Peptides, 2014 - Elsevier
Efficient delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic molecules to the cells and tissues is a difficult
challenge. The cellular membrane is very effective in its role as a selectively permeable …

Antigen-loaded upconversion nanoparticles for dendritic cell stimulation, tracking, and vaccination in dendritic cell-based immunotherapy

J Xiang, L Xu, H Gong, W Zhu, C Wang, J Xu, L Feng… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A dendritic cell (DC) vaccine, which is based on efficient antigen delivery into DCs and
migration of antigen-pulsed DCs to draining lymph nodes after vaccination, is an effective …

Tracking of Transplanted Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Living Mice using Near‐Infrared Ag2S Quantum Dots

G Chen, F Tian, Y Zhang, Y Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Stem cell therapeutics has emerged as a novel regenerative therapy for tissue repair in the
last decade. However, dynamically tracking the transplanted stem cells in vivo remains a …

Theranostics applications of quantum dots in regenerative medicine, cancer medicine, and infectious diseases

H Yukawa, K Sato, Y Baba - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs) have attracted attention for their application and commercialization in
all industrial fields, including communications, displays, and solar cells, due to their …

Biochemistry and biomedicine of quantum dots: from biodetection to bioimaging, drug discovery, diagnostics, and therapy

J Yao, P Li, L Li, M Yang - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
According to recent research, nanotechnology based on quantum dots (QDs) has been
widely applied in the field of bioimaging, drug delivery, and drug analysis. Therefore, it has …

Investigation on artificial blood vessels prepared from bacterial cellulose

S Zang, R Zhang, H Chen, Y Lu, J Zhou… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
BC (bacterial cellulose) exhibits quite distinctive properties than plant cellulose. The
outstanding properties make BC a promising material for preparation of artificial blood …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling optical properties and electronic energy structure of I–III–VI semiconductor quantum dots for improving their photofunctions

T Torimoto, T Kameyama, T Uematsu… - Journal of Photochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract I–III–VI multinary semiconductors, which have low toxicity, are attracting much
attention as quantum dot (QD) materials for replacing conventional binary semiconductors …