Iron oxide based MR contrast agents: From chemistry to cell labeling

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 4712-4727

  Laurent, S ^a   Boutry, S ^a   Mahieu, I ^a   Vander Elst, L ^a   Muller, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cell labeling; Cellular uptake; Contrast agents; Iron oxide nanoparticles; MRI; Superparamagnetic nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DEXTRAN; FERUCARBOTRAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; POLYOL; SILICON DIOXIDE; STABILIZING AGENT; SUPERFECT; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; SURFACTANT; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMEDICINE; BODY FLUID; CELL LABELING; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CIRCULATION TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIGAND BINDING; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSONIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRECIPITATION; PYROLYSIS; REVIEW; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 72449155212     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986709789878256     Document Type: Review

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