Paramagnetic lipid-coated silica nanoparticles with a fluorescent quantum dot core: A new contrast agent platform for multimodality imaging

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2471-2479

  Koole, Rolf ^a   Van Schooneveld, Matti M ^a   Hilhorst, Jan ^a   Castermans, Karolien ^b   Cormode, David P ^c   Strijkers, Gustav J ^d   Donegá, Celso De Mello ^a   Vanmaekelbergh, Daniel ^a   Griffioen, Arjan W ^b   Nicolay, Klaas ^d   Fayad, Zahi A ^c   Meijerink, Andries ^a   Mulder, Willem J M ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; PARAMAGNETISM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

AGENT PLATFORM; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CARRIER MATERIAL; COATED SILICA NANOPARTICLES; CONTRAST AGENT; FLUORESCENT QUANTUM DOTS; KEY FEATURE; MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING; NANO PARTICULATES; SILICA PARTICLES;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MACROGOL; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLE; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIMETHOD STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 58149194943     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc800368x     Document Type: Article

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