Coughlin Andrew J, Ananta Jeyarama S, Deng Nanfu, Larina Irina V, Decuzzi Paolo, West Jennifer L
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-142, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
Small. 2014 Feb 12;10(3):556-65. doi: 10.1002/smll.201302217. Epub 2013 Sep 23.
Multimodal imaging offers the potential to improve diagnosis and enhance the specificity of photothermal cancer therapy. Toward this goal, gadolinium-conjugated gold nanoshells are engineered and it is demonstrated that they enhance contrast for magnetic resonance imaging, X-ray, optical coherence tomography, reflectance confocal microscopy, and two-photon luminescence. Additionally, these particles effectively convert near-infrared light to heat, which can be used to ablate cancer cells. Ultimately, these studies demonstrate the potential of gadolinium-nanoshells for image-guided photothermal ablation.
多模态成像具有改善诊断并提高光热癌症治疗特异性的潜力。为实现这一目标,人们设计了钆共轭金纳米壳,并证明它们能增强磁共振成像、X射线、光学相干断层扫描、反射共聚焦显微镜和双光子发光的对比度。此外,这些粒子能有效地将近红外光转化为热量,可用于消融癌细胞。最终,这些研究证明了钆纳米壳在图像引导光热消融方面的潜力。