Targeted quantum dot conjugates for siRNA delivery.
Authors:Derfus AM, Chen AA, Min DH, Ruoslahti E, Bhatia SN
Journal:Bioconjug Chem
PubMed ID:17630789
'Treatment of human diseases such as cancer generally involves the sequential use of diagnostic tools and therapeutic modalities. Multifunctional platforms combining therapeutic and diagnostic imaging functions in a single vehicle promise to change this paradigm. in particular, nanoparticle-based multifunctional platforms offer the potential to improve the pharmacokinetics of drug formulations, ... More
Quantum dots are phagocytized by macrophages and colocalize with experimental gliomas.
Authors:Jackson H, Muhammad O, Daneshvar H, Nelms J, Popescu A, Vogelbaum MA, Bruchez M, Toms SA
Journal:Neurosurgery
PubMed ID:17327798
'OBJECTIVE: The identification of neoplastic tissue within normal brain during biopsy and tumor resection remains a problem in the operative management of gliomas. A variety of nanoparticles are phagocytized by macrophages in vivo. This feature may allow optical nanoparticles, such as quantum dots, to colocalize with brain tumors and serve ... More
In vivo imaging of quantum dots.
Authors:Texier I, Josser V,
Journal:Methods Mol Biol
PubMed ID:19488714
'Noninvasive whole-body near-infrared fluorescence imaging is now acknowledged as a powerful method for the molecular mapping of biological events in live small animals such as mouse models. With outstanding optical properties such as high fluorescence quantum yields and low photobleaching rates, quantum dots (QDs) are labels of choice in the ... More
Quantum dot targeting with lipoic acid ligase and HaloTag for single-molecule imaging on living cells.
Authors:Liu DS, Phipps WS, Loh KH, Howarth M, Ting AY,
Journal:ACS Nano
PubMed ID:23181687
'We present a methodology for targeting quantum dots to specific proteins on living cells in two steps. In the first step, Escherichia coli lipoic acid ligase (LplA) site-specifically attaches 10-bromodecanoic acid onto a 13 amino acid recognition sequence that is genetically fused to a protein of interest. In the second ... More
Preparation of peptide-conjugated quantum dots for tumor vasculature-targeted imaging.
Authors:Cai W, Chen X,
Journal:Nat Protoc
PubMed ID:18193025
'To take full advantage of the unique optical properties of quantum dots (QDs) and expedite future near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging applications, QDs need to be effectively, specifically and reliably directed to a specific organ or disease site after systemic administration. Recently, we reported the use of peptide-conjugated QDs for non-invasive ... More