2017
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 boundaries
2016
Imaging the intratumoral–peritumoral extracellular pH gradient of gliomas
Coman D, Huang Y, Rao JU, De Feyter HM, Rothman DL, Juchem C, Hyder F. Imaging the intratumoral–peritumoral extracellular pH gradient of gliomas. NMR In Biomedicine 2016, 29: 309-319. PMID: 26752688, PMCID: PMC4769673, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRG2 tumorsTumor typesKi-67-positive cellsCancer therapeutic responseAcidic pHeTherapeutic responseRat brainPositive cellsSolid tumorsTumor cell invasionTumor borderTumorsPeritumoral regionNormal tissuesCell invasionTumor pHeP-MRSCancer imagingNeutral intracellularImagingPreclinical applicationsInfusionTherapy