Bioinspired fluorescent dipeptide nanoparticles for targeted cancer cell imaging and real-time monitoring of drug release

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 388-394

  Fan, Zhen ^a,b   Sun, Leming ^a,b   Huang, Yujian ^a,b   Wang, Yongzhong ^a,b   Zhang, Mingjun ^a,b,c  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELLS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DISEASES; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PEPTIDES; PROBES; RED SHIFT; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTRINSIC OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NARROW EMISSION BANDWIDTHS; REAL TIME MONITORING; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEINS;

TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

DOXORUBICIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; MUCIN 1; MUTANT PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN PHENYLALANINE DIPEPTIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDE; DRUG CARRIER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANCER CELL; CARCINOMA CELL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIPEPTIDES; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG LIBERATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICE; NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84954545923     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.312     Document Type: Article

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