Chemistry of MRI contrast agents: current challenges and new frontiers

J Wahsner, EM Gale, A Rodríguez-Rodríguez… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Tens of millions of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams are
performed annually around the world. The contrast agents, which improve diagnostic …

Intracellular delivery by membrane disruption: mechanisms, strategies, and concepts

MP Stewart, R Langer, KF Jensen - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Intracellular delivery is a key step in biological research and has enabled decades of
biomedical discoveries. It is also becoming increasingly important in industrial and medical …

Chemical design and synthesis of functionalized probes for imaging and treating tumor hypoxia

J Liu, W Bu, J Shi - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hypoxia development in tumor is closely associated with its increased aggressiveness and
strong resistance to therapy, leading to the poor prognosis in several cancer types …

Engineering of inorganic nanoparticles as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents

D Ni, W Bu, EB Ehlerding, W Cai, J Shi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a highly valuable non-invasive imaging tool owing to
its exquisite soft tissue contrast, high spatial resolution, lack of ionizing radiation, and wide …

Modulation of Hypoxia in Solid Tumor Microenvironment with MnO2 Nanoparticles to Enhance Photodynamic Therapy

W Zhu, Z Dong, T Fu, J Liu, Q Chen, Y Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hypoxia not only promotes tumor metastasis but also strengthens tumor resistance to
therapies that demand the involvement of oxygen, such as radiation therapy and …

Nano-ROS-generating approaches to cancer dynamic therapy: lessons from nanoparticles

Q Zhang, Q Luo, Z Liu, M Sun, X Dong - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based dynamic cancer therapies are therapeutic modalities
of endogenous/exogenous-responsive intratumoral ROS generation, including …

MnO2 gatekeeper: an intelligent and O2‐evolving shell for preventing premature release of high cargo payload core, overcoming tumor hypoxia, and acidic H2O2 …

Z Ma, X Jia, J Bai, Y Ruan, C Wang, J Li… - Advanced functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Premature leakage of photosensitizer (PS) from nanocarriers significantly reduces the
accumulation of PS within a tumor, thereby enhancing nonspecific accumulation in normal …

Breaking the depth dependence by nanotechnology‐enhanced X‐ray‐excited deep cancer theranostics

W Fan, W Tang, J Lau, Z Shen, J Xie, J Shi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The advancements in nanotechnology have created multifunctional nanomaterials aimed at
enhancing diagnostic accuracy and treatment efficacy for cancer. However, the ability to …

Red blood cell‐facilitated photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment

W Tang, Z Zhen, M Wang, H Wang… - Advanced functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment modality for cancer management. So
far, most PDT studies have focused on delivery of photosensitizers to tumors. O2, another …

Stable and inert Mn (II)-based and pH-responsive contrast agents

R Botár, E Molnár, G Trencsényi, J Kiss… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Smart/intelligent contrast agent candidates for MRI based on Mn (II) ion are rare, as it usually
forms labile complexes with polyaminocarboxylate-type ligands. Here, we report the first …