Molecular imaging strategies for in vivo tracking of microRNAs: A comprehensive review

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 3594-3603

  Hernandez, R ^a   Orbay, H ^a   Cai, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence imaging (BLI); Cancer; Fluorescence imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); MicroRNA (miRNA); Molecular imaging; Nanomedicine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 10B; MICRORNA 122; MICRORNA 124A; MICRORNA 133; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 206; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 26A; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 9; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRACKING; CELL VIABILITY; COVALENT BOND; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; LIVER REGENERATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOPARTICLES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES;

EID: 84883225689     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929867311320290005     Document Type: Review

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