ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2019
Imaging tumor acidosis: a survey of the available techniques for mapping in vivo tumor pH.
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- Nanodynamic Therapy in Colorectal Cancer: Engineering Precision Immunotherapy and Multimodal Synergy.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Optical and Photoacoustic Imaging.Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer · 2026Review
- Transforming Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy Through Fluorescent Hydrogels: A Review.Advanced healthcare materials · 2026Review
- The Role of Tumor pH in Breast Cancer Imaging: Biology, Diagnostic Applications, and Emerging Techniques.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Low pH, High Stakes: A Narrative Review Exploring the Acid-Sensing GPR65 Pathway as a Novel Approach in Renal Cell Carcinoma.Cancers · 2025Review
- Progress in monitoring molecular, cellular and metabolic dynamics using mass spectrometry imaging.Bioanalysis · 2025Review
- Fabrication and Computational Study of pH-Responsive Chitosan/Poly(HEMA-co-2-HMBA) Microparticles for Controlled, Site-Specific Doxorubicin Delivery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Photoacoustic Chemical Imaging of Tumor Microenvironment pH for Prediction of Chemotherapeutic Efficacy in Breast Cancer.Nano letters · 2025Article
- Glucose stimulated CEST MRI pHe mapping for improved differentiation of tumors with altered hypoxia inducible factor 1alpha expression.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Tumor Niche Influences the Activity and Delivery of Anticancer Drugs: Pharmacology Meets Chemistry.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- In vivo imaging of the spatial heterogeneity of intratumoral acidosis (pH) as a marker of the metastatic phenotype in breast cancer.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2025Article
- Potentiation of immune checkpoint blockade with a pH-sensitizer as monitored in two pre-clinical tumor models with acidoCEST MRI.British journal of cancer · 2025Article
- SABRE-SHEATH Hyperpolarization of [1,5-ACS sensors · 2024Article
- Nanoenabled IL-15 Superagonist via Conditionally Stabilized Protein-Protein Interactions Eradicates Solid Tumors by Precise Immunomodulation.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2024Article
- Detecting biomarkers by dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced magnetic resonance.National science review · 2024Review
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Abstract
Cancer cells are characterized by a metabolic shift in cellular energy production, orchestrated by the transcription factor HIF-1α, from mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation to increased glycolysis, regardless of oxygen availability (Warburg effect). The constitutive upregulation of glycolysis leads to an overproduction of acidic metabolic products, resulting in enhanced acidification of the extracellular pH (pHe ~ 6.5), which is a salient feature of the tumor microenvironment. Despite the importance of pH and tumor acidosis, there is currently no established clinical tool available to image the spatial distribution of tumor pHe. The purpose of this review is to describe various imaging modalities for measuring intracellular and extracellular tumor pH. For each technique, we will discuss main advantages and limitations, pH accuracy and sensitivity of the applied pH-responsive probes and potential translatability to the clinic. Particular attention is devoted to methods that can provide pH measurements at high spatial resolution useful to address the task of tumor heterogeneity and to studies that explored tumor pH imaging for assessing treatment response to anticancer therapies.
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