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Imaging macrophages with nanoparticles

Weissleder, Ralph, Nahrendorf, Matthias, Pittet, Mikael J.·2014·Nature Materials

Abstract

Nanomaterials have much to offer, not only in deciphering innate immune cell biology and tracking cells, but also in advancing personalized clinical care by providing diagnostic and prognostic information, quantifying treatment efficacy and designing better therapeutics. This Review presents different types of nanomaterial, their biological properties and their applications for imaging macrophages in human diseases, including cancer, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, aortic aneurysm, diabetes and other conditions. We anticipate that future needs will include the development of nanomaterials that are specific for immune cell subsets and can be used as imaging surrogates for nanotherapeutics. New in vivo imaging clinical tools for noninvasive macrophage quantification are thus ultimately expected to become relevant to predicting patients' clinical outcome, defining treatment options and monitoring responses to therapy.

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Authors
Weissleder, R., Nahrendorf, M., & Pittet, M. J.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Weissleder, Ralph
Venue
Nature Materials
Published
2014-01-23
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
125-138
ISSN
  • 1476-1122 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4660
OpenAlex
W2092877053
Cited by
809
References
183
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Materials (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Keywords
macrophages, nanomaterials, macrophage targeting, tumor imaging, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, aortic aneurysm, diabetes mellitus, inflammation, innate immunity, cell tracking, non-invasive imaging, nanotherapeutics
MeSH terms
Humans, Inflammation, Macrophages, Nanoparticles, Cell Tracking

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