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ArticleNanoscale research letters2014

Transferrin-targeted magnetic/fluorescence micelles as a specific bi-functional nanoprobe for imaging liver tumor.

Hui Qi, Zhengzheng Li, Kai Du, Ketao Mu, Qing Zhou, Shuyan Liang, Wenzhen Zhu, Xiangliang Yang, Yanhong Zhu

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Article in Nanoscale research letters, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hui QiCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
Zhengzheng LiCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
Kai DuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
Ketao MuRadiology Department, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, People's Republic of China.
Qing ZhouCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
Shuyan LiangCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
Wenzhen ZhuRadiology Department, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, People's Republic of China.
Xiangliang YangCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
Yanhong ZhuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to delineate the location of the tumor both before and during operation, we developed targeted bi-functional polymeric micelles for magnetic resonance (MR) and fluorescence imaging in liver tumors. Hydrophobic superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) were loaded into the polymeric micelles through self-assembly of an amphiphilic block copolymer poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ϵ-caprolactone). After, transferrin (Tf) and near-infrared fluorescence molecule Cy5.5 were conjugated onto the surface of the polymeric micelles to obtain the nanosized probe SPIO@PEG-b-PCL-Tf/Cy5.5 (SPPTC). Imaging capabilities of this nanoprobe were evaluated both in vitro and in vivo. The accumulation of SPPTC in HepG2 cells increased over SPIO@PEG-b-PCL-Cy5.5 (SPPC) by confocal microscopy. The targeted nanoprobe SPPTC possessed favorable properties on the MR and fluorescence imaging both in vitro and in vivo. The MTT results showed that the nanoprobes were well tolerated. SPPTC had the potential for pre-operation evaluation and intra-operation navigation of tumors in clinic.

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Fluorescence imagingLiver tumorMagnetic resonance imagingMicelleTarget

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