Microbubbles in ultrasound-triggered drug and gene delivery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1153-1166

  Hernot, Sophie ^a,b   Klibanov, Alexander L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Echo; Microbubbles; Molecular imaging; Triggered release; Ultrasound; Ultrasound contrast agent

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DNA SEQUENCES; DRUG DELIVERY; GENES;

MICROBUBBLES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; TRIGGERED RELEASE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALBUNEX; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIPOSOME; MICROSPHERE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NANOBUBBLE; NANOPARTICLE; PACLITAXEL; PERFLUOROPENTANE; PLASMID DNA; POLYGLACTIN; RECOMBINANT DNA; STREPTAVIDIN;

ACOUSTICS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT GENE; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TARGET ORGAN; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 44249105593     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2008.03.005     Document Type: Review

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