Gold nanoprobes for theranostics

Nanomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1787-1811

  Panchapakesan, Balaji ^a   Book Newell, Brittany ^b   Sethu, Palaniappan ^a   Rao, Madhusudhana ^c   Irudayaraj, Joseph ^b  

^a University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

diagnostics; gold nanoparticles; imaging; therapeutics; toxicity

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; DNA; DOXORUBICIN; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPROBE; NANOCAGE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOROD; NANOSHELL; NANOSPHERE; TRASTUZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG UPTAKE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; NANOPROBE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 82455188569     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.11.155     Document Type: Review

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