2014
Radiolabeling of Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) Nanoparticles with Biotinylated F‑18 Prosthetic Groups and Imaging of Their Delivery to the Brain with Positron Emission Tomography
Sirianni RW, Zheng MQ, Patel TR, Shafbauer T, Zhou J, Saltzman WM, Carson RE, Huang Y. Radiolabeling of Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) Nanoparticles with Biotinylated F‑18 Prosthetic Groups and Imaging of Their Delivery to the Brain with Positron Emission Tomography. Bioconjugate Chemistry 2014, 25: 2157-2165. PMID: 25322194, PMCID: PMC4275164, DOI: 10.1021/bc500315j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDetection of avidinFate of nanoparticlesAvidin-biotin interactionProsthetic groupNanoparticle deliveryPolymer nanoparticlesNanoparticlesBiotinylated moleculesNoncovalent linkageConvection-enhanced deliveryAvailable biotinHigh purityAvidinBiotinDeliveryFluorobenzylamineSpecific activityFunction of timeMoleculesDerivativesPositron emission tomographySubstratePurityDirect observationKinetics
2013
Highly penetrative, drug-loaded nanocarriers improve treatment of glioblastoma
Zhou J, Patel TR, Sirianni RW, Strohbehn G, Zheng MQ, Duong N, Schafbauer T, Huttner AJ, Huang Y, Carson RE, Zhang Y, Sullivan DJ, Piepmeier JM, Saltzman WM. Highly penetrative, drug-loaded nanocarriers improve treatment of glioblastoma. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 11751-11756. PMID: 23818631, PMCID: PMC3718184, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304504110.Peer-Reviewed Original Research