Rapid tumoritropic accumulation of systemically injected plateloid particles and their biodistribution

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-155

  Van De Ven, Anne L ^a   Kim, Pilhan ^b,g   Haley, O'Hara ^b   Fakhoury, Jean R ^a   Adriani, Giulia ^a,c   Schmulen, Jeffrey ^a   Moloney, Padraig ^d   Hussain, Fazle ^e   Ferrari, Mauro ^a   Liu, Xuewu ^a   Yun, Seok Hyun ^b,g   Decuzzi, Paolo ^a,f  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^d Rice University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^g Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodistribution; Intravital microscopy; Nanoparticles; Rational design; Size and shape; Tumor accumulation

Indexed keywords

BIODISTRIBUTIONS; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; RATIONAL DESIGN; SIZE AND SHAPE; TUMOR ACCUMULATION;

NANOPARTICLES; ONCOLOGY;

TUMORS;

NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; HEART; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MELANOMA; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DRUG CARRIERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84857914530     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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