Lanthanide-doped upconverting luminescent nanoparticle platforms for optical imaging-guided drug delivery and therapy

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 744-755

  Shen, Jie ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Han, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery; DNA; Drug; Gene; Imaging; Lanthanide; Nanoparticles; Therapy; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL IMAGING; DELIVERY; DRUG; LUMINESCENT NANOPARTICLE; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; THERAPEUTIC MODALITY; THERAPY; UP-CONVERSION;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DNA; DRUG DELIVERY; GENES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

GENE THERAPY;

DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIER; FOLIC ACID; LANTHANIDE; LANTHANIDE DOPED UPCONVERTING LUMINESCENT NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG TARGETING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING GUIDED TARGETED DELIVERY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTON; PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84878364571     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.05.007     Document Type: Review

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