Water Soluble Melanin Derivatives for Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging of Tumor Vasculature and Response to Antiangiogenic Therapy.
Adv Healthc Mater
; 6(1)2017 Jan.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27782375
ABSTRACT
A dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) approach for tumor photoacoustic (PA) imaging is described. Novel water soluble melanin-based derivatives are synthesized that exhibit good PA properties, stability, safety and accumulation in tumor bearing mice. This melanin derivative is capable to characterize tumor vasculature and to monitor vessel permeability changes upon antiangiogenic treatment. DCE-PA imaging can assess functional response to cancer treatments.
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Assunto principal:
Diagnóstico por Imagem
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Técnicas Fotoacústicas
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Neoplasias Mamárias Experimentais
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Melaninas
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Neovascularização Patológica
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Adv Healthc Mater
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article
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Itália