In vivo cation exchange in quantum dots for tumor-specific imaging

The imaging of tumors in vivo using nanoprobes has been challenging due to the lack of sufficient tumor specificity. Here, the authors develop a tumor-specific quantum dot system that permits in vivo cation exchange to achieve selective background quenching and high tumor-specific imaging.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiangyou Liu, Gary B. Braun, Mingde Qin, Erkki Ruoslahti, Kazuki N. Sugahara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00153-y