Quantum dots, lighting up the research and development of nanomedicine

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-402

  Wang, Yunqing ^a,b   Chen, Lingxin ^c  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence imaging; Multifunctional drug delivery system; Nanomedicine; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT PROBES; LABELING TECHNIQUES; LIVING CELL; MULTIFUNCTIONAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; NANOCARRIERS; NANOCOMPLEXES; NANOMEDICINES; QUANTUM DOT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SMALL ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CAPTOPRIL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHITOSAN; COLLOIDAL GOLD; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; FOLIC ACID; GADOLINIUM; IRON OXIDE; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; MERCAPTAMINE; N HYDROXYSUCCINIMIDE; NANOCARRIER; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; NAPROXEN; PACLITAXEL; PLASMID DNA; PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; QUANTUM DOT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STREPTAVIDIN; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

BINDING AFFINITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNALIZATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MATERIAL COATING; MELANOMA CELL; MICELLE; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICITY;

DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; NANOMEDICINE; QUANTUM DOTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960732446     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: 15499642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2010.12.006     Document Type: Review

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