Serum protein-based nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and treatment

H Iqbal, T Yang, T Li, M Zhang, H Ke, D Ding… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Serum protein as naturally essential biomacromolecules has recently emerged as a
versatile carrier for diagnostic and therapeutic drug delivery for cancer nanomedicine with …

Nano‐sized CT contrast agents

N Lee, SH Choi, T Hyeon - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Computed tomography (CT) is one of the most widely used clinical imaging modalities. In
order to increase the sensitivity of CT, small iodinated compounds are used as injectable …

Nanoparticle contrast agents for computed tomography: a focus on micelles

DP Cormode, PC Naha… - Contrast media & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Computed tomography (CT) is an X‐ray‐based whole‐body imaging technique that is
widely used in medicine. Clinically approved contrast agents for CT are iodinated small …

Lipoprotein-inspired nanoparticles for cancer theranostics

KK Ng, JF Lovell, G Zheng - Accounts of chemical research, 2011 - ACS Publications
Over hundreds of millions of years, animals have evolved endogenous lipoprotein
nanoparticles for shuttling hydrophobic molecules to different parts of the body. In the last 70 …

Advantages and limitations of current techniques for analyzing the biodistribution of nanoparticles

L Arms, DW Smith, J Flynn, W Palmer… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Nanomedicines are typically submicrometer-sized carrier materials (nanoparticles)
encapsulating therapeutic and/or imaging compounds that are used for the prevention …

Lipoproteins and lipoprotein mimetics for imaging and drug delivery

CS Thaxton, JS Rink, PC Naha, DP Cormode - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lipoproteins are a set of natural nanoparticles whose main role is the transport of fats within
the body. While much work has been done to develop synthetic nanocarriers to deliver …

Imaging cancer cells with nanostructures: Prospects of nanotechnology driven non-invasive cancer diagnosis

R Augustine, A Al Mamun, A Hasan, SA Salam… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of nanostructured materials in medicine is a rapidly evolving area of
research that includes both the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. Metals, metal …

Contrast agents for preclinical targeted X-ray imaging

X Li, N Anton, G Zuber, T Vandamme - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is an X-ray based instrument that it is specifically
designed for biomedical research at a preclinical stage for live imaging of small animals …

Effect of computed tomography scanning parameters on gold nanoparticle and iodine contrast

MW Galper, MT Saung, V Fuster, E Roessl… - Investigative …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Gold nanoparticles (gold-NPs) have lately been proposed as alternative contrast
agents to iodine-based contrast agents (iodine-CA) for computed tomography (CT) …

Nanoparticles as theranostic vehicles in experimental and clinical applications—focus on prostate and breast cancer

J Elgqvist - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Prostate and breast cancer are the second most and most commonly diagnosed cancer in
men and women worldwide, respectively. The American Cancer Society estimates that …