Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro testing of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles targeted using folic acid-conjugated dendrimers

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 773-783

  Landmark, Kevin J ^a,b   DiMaggio, Stassi ^a   Ward, Jesse ^a   Kelly, Christopher ^a,b   Vogt, Stefan ^c   Hong, Seungpyo ^a,b   Kotlyar, Alina ^b   Myc, Andrzej ^b   Thomas, Thommey P ^b   Penner Hahn, James E ^a   Baker Jr, James R ^b   Banaszak Holl, Mark M ^a,b   Orr, Bradford G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dendrimers; Magnetic nanoparticles; Phase transfer; Superparamagnetism; Targeted MRI contrast agents; X ray fluorescence microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRIMERS; FERROMAGNETISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IRON; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAMAGNETISM; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); CANCER CELLS; CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY (FI); FLUORESCENT DYES; FOLIC ACID (FA); IMAGING MODALITIES; IN VITRO TESTING; IN-VITRO; IRON CONTENTS; ORGANIC MEDIUM; POLY(ALKYLL ARYL ETHER) DENDRIMERS; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE (SQUID); SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES (SPION); SYNTHESIS (OF CHIRAL IONIC LIQUIDS); UV-VISIBLE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS); X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XFA); X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG CARRIER; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; FOLIC ACID; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOMEDICINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG CARRIERS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOMEDICINE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 46849090307     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800034w     Document Type: Article

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