Multimodality molecular imaging of tumor angiogenesis

W Cai, X Chen - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
Molecular imaging is a key component of 21st-century cancer management. The vascular
endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptor signaling pathway and integrin α v β 3, a …

Anti-angiogenic cancer therapy based on integrin αvβ3 antagonism

W Cai, X Chen - Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature, is a
fundamental process during cancer progression. Anti-angiogenic strategies have been …

PET/MRI dual-modality tumor imaging using arginine-glycine-aspartic (RGD)–conjugated radiolabeled iron oxide nanoparticles

HY Lee, Z Li, K Chen, AR Hsu, C Xu, J Xie… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
The purpose of this study was to develop a bifunctional iron oxide (IO) nanoparticle probe for
PET and MRI scans of tumor integrin αvβ3 expression. Methods: Polyaspartic acid (PASP) …

Quantitative PET of EGFR expression in xenograft-bearing mice using 64Cu-labeled cetuximab, a chimeric anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody

W Cai, K Chen, L He, Q Cao, A Koong… - European journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Purpose Cetuximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody targeting epidermal growth factor
receptor (EGFR) on the surface of cancer cells, was approved by the FDA to treat patients …

[HTML][HTML] Modification of adenovirus gene transfer vectors with synthetic polymers: a scientific review and technical guide

F Kreppel, S Kochanek - Molecular Therapy, 2008 - cell.com
The chemical modification of adenovirus (Ad) gene transfer vectors with synthetic polymers
is a promising strategy for overcoming typical in vivo hurdles associated with Ad-mediated …

PET of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor expression

W Cai, K Chen, KA Mohamedali, Q Cao… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
For solid tumors and metastatic lesions, tumor vascularity is a critical factor in assessing
response to therapy. Here we report the first example, to our knowledge, of 64Cu-labeled …

[HTML][HTML] Are quantum dots ready for in vivo imaging in human subjects?

W Cai, AR Hsu, ZB Li, X Chen - Nanoscale Research Letters, 2007 - Springer
Nanotechnology has the potential to profoundly transform the nature of cancer diagnosis
and cancer patient management in the future. Over the past decade, quantum dots (QDs) …

Imaging of integrins as biomarkers for tumor angiogenesis

W Cai, G Niu, X Chen - Current pharmaceutical design, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
The integrin family plays important roles during tumor angiogenesis, the formation of new
blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature. Traditional structural and functional imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted delivery of siRNA

S Oliveira, G Storm, RM Schiffelers - Journal of Biomedicine and …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Therapeutic application of siRNA requires delivery to the correct intracellular location, to
interact with the RNAi machinery within the target cell, within the target tissue responsible for …

Targeted delivery of 10-hydroxycamptothecin to human breast cancers by cyclic RGD-modified lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles

Z Yang, X Luo, X Zhang, J Liu, Q Jiang - Biomedical Materials, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) combining the positive attributes of both
liposomes and polymeric NPs are increasingly being considered as promising candidates to …