2006
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200600242
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Design of Gold Nanoparticles for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract: Improving the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a powerful non‐invasive medical imaging technique, requires the development of novel contrast agents with a higher efficiency than gadolinium chelates such as DTPA:Gd (DTPA: diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid) that are currently used for clinical diagnosis. To achieve this objective, the strategy that we have explored involves the use of gold nanoparticles as carriers for gadolinium chelates. These nanoparticles are obtained by reducing a gold salt… Show more

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“…To date, CT has not been used as a molecular imaging modality because iodine cannot be conjugated to molecular proteins. Targeted nanoparticles, including superparamagnetic nanoparticles and GNPs, are now being developed to improve imaging with MRI and CT [46,47]. For instance, GNPs were conjugated to UM-A9 antibodies, which bind to the A9 (a4b6 intregin) protein which is overexpressed in many squamous cell head and neck cancers and correlates with metastatic potential [48].…”
Section: Gold Nanoparticles As Contrast Agentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To date, CT has not been used as a molecular imaging modality because iodine cannot be conjugated to molecular proteins. Targeted nanoparticles, including superparamagnetic nanoparticles and GNPs, are now being developed to improve imaging with MRI and CT [46,47]. For instance, GNPs were conjugated to UM-A9 antibodies, which bind to the A9 (a4b6 intregin) protein which is overexpressed in many squamous cell head and neck cancers and correlates with metastatic potential [48].…”
Section: Gold Nanoparticles As Contrast Agentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 Therefore, a great of efforts should be paid to develop new analytical methods with the advantages of rapid determination, high analysis flux, satisfactory sensitivity and good robustness. Thanks to the above-mentioned optical and electrochemical features, many functionalized AuNMs have been successfully synthesized [9][10][11][12][13][14] for improving performances of analytical techniques. (Figure 1) …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The luminescence decreased dramatically in the presence of calcium(II), magnesium(II), zinc(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) ions, allowing interesting applications as metal sensors. 75 Another interesting example has been described by Hallet et al, 80 employing gold nanoparticles of small size (3.6 nm) coated with luminescent rhenium complexes. Surprisingly, the luminescence of the complexes was not quenched by the nanoparticles, due to the shift of the plasmon resonance to high energies as a consequence of the nanoparticles small size, thus mismatching the complex charge transfer bands.…”
Section: Assembling Coordination Compounds At Gold Nanoparticles Surfacementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Each gold nanoparticle can immobilize about 150 gadolinium complex molecules, improving the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging by exhibiting a much higher relaxativity as compared with the free complexes. 75 An interesting application of metal complexes is as fluorescent probes in association with gold nanoparticles. According to Thomas et al, 76 the luminescence of metal complexes at gold nanoparticles is susceptible to energy transfer from one site to the other, or quenching by the nanoparticle surface by means of energy or electron transfer, as illustrated in Figure 26.…”
Section: Assembling Coordination Compounds At Gold Nanoparticles Surfacementioning
confidence: 99%