Mapping Extracellular pH of Gliomas in Presence of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles: Towards Imaging the Distribution of Drug‐Containing Nanoparticles and Their Curative Effect on the Tumor Microenvironment
Maritim S, Coman D, Huang Y, Rao JU, Walsh JJ, Hyder F. Mapping Extracellular pH of Gliomas in Presence of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles: Towards Imaging the Distribution of Drug‐Containing Nanoparticles and Their Curative Effect on the Tumor Microenvironment. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging 2017, 2017: 3849373. PMID: 29362558, PMCID: PMC5736903, DOI: 10.1155/2017/3849373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain microvasculatureCurative effectTherapeutic effectIntravenous injectionTherapeutic impactTumor typesD-NPsTumor microenvironmentSuperparamagnetic iron oxideTumor hallmarksGliomasDrug distributionInfusionMRI contrastHealing efficacyMRI readoutsMicrovasculatureDrugsExtracellular pHDrug-containing nanoparticlesTumor-targeted nanoparticlesSPIO NPsTumor boundariesTemozolomide arrests glioma growth and normalizes intratumoral extracellular pH
Rao JU, Coman D, Walsh JJ, Ali MM, Huang Y, Hyder F. Temozolomide arrests glioma growth and normalizes intratumoral extracellular pH. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 7865. PMID: 28801587, PMCID: PMC5554228, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07609-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsU251 tumorsTumor microenvironmentT2-weighted MRITherapeutic responseUntreated ratsTumor volumeRat brainTumor growthTherapeutic influenceGlioma growthPeritumoral regionRatsApoptosis inductionTumorsGliomasTumor corePhysiological readoutsExtracellular pHAcidic pHeTumor boundariesProliferationMicroenvironment