Smart Albumin-Biomineralized Nanocomposites for Multimodal Imaging and Photothermal Tumor Ablation

Adv Mater. 2015 Jul 8;27(26):3874-82. doi: 10.1002/adma.201500229. Epub 2015 May 21.

Abstract

Smart cyanine-grafted gadolinium oxide nanocrystals (Cy-GdNCs) obtained by albumin-based biomineralization are shown to be theranostic nanocomposites, with promising properties for trimodal near-infrared fluorescence/photoacoustics/magnetic-resonance imaging-guided photothermal tumor ablation.

Keywords: biomineralization; multimodal imaging; nanocomposites; photothermal therapies; tumor ablations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ablation Techniques / methods*
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Gadolinium / chemistry
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / diagnosis*
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / pathology
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / therapy*
  • Mice
  • Minerals / chemistry
  • Minerals / metabolism*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods*
  • Nanocomposites / chemistry*
  • Nanocomposites / therapeutic use
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Phototherapy
  • Propionates / chemistry
  • Protein Conformation
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / metabolism*
  • Theranostic Nanomedicine

Substances

  • Cypate
  • Indoles
  • Minerals
  • Propionates
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • gadolinium oxide
  • Gadolinium