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SUBMITTER: Chen F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3834886 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Feng F Hong Hao H Zhang Yin Y Valdovinos Hector F HF Shi Sixiang S Kwon Glen S GS Theuer Charles P CP Barnhart Todd E TE Cai Weibo W
ACS nano 20131001 10
Since the first use of biocompatible mesoporous silica (mSiO2) nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles, in vivo tumor targeted imaging and enhanced anticancer drug delivery has remained a major challenge. In this work, we describe the development of functionalized mSiO2 nanoparticles for actively targeted positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and drug delivery in 4T1 murine breast tumor-bearing mice. Our structural design involves the synthesis, surface functionalization with thiol groups, ...[more]