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Imaging of anticancer drug action in single cells

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Miller, Miles A., Weissleder, Ralph·2017·Nature reviews. Cancer

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Imaging is widely used in anticancer drug development, typically for whole-body tracking of labelled drugs to different organs or to assess drug efficacy through volumetric measurements. However, increasing attention has been drawn to pharmacology at the single-cell level. Diverse cell types, including cancer-associated immune cells, physicochemical features of the tumour microenvironment and heterogeneous cell behaviour all affect drug delivery, response and resistance. This Review summarizes developments in the imaging of in vivo anticancer drug action, with a focus on microscopy approaches at the single-cell level and translational lessons for the clinic.

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Authors
Miller, M. A., & Weissleder, R.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Weissleder, Ralph
Venue
Nature reviews. Cancer
Published
2017-06-23
Volume
17
Issue
7
Pages
399-414
ISSN
  • 1474-175X (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1768
OpenAlex
W2672830740
Cited by
92
References
194
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 3
FWCI
1.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature reviews. Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (2r01eb010011-05)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL122208)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA206890, K99CA207744, T32CA079443)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P50GM107618)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01 EB-010 011)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Keywords
anticancer agents, single-cell imaging, drug delivery, drug resistance, tumor microenvironment, drug efficacy evaluation, medication tracking, cellular heterogeneity
MeSH terms
Intravital Microscopy, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Humans, Immunotherapy, Neoplasms, Antigen Presentation, Microscopy, Confocal, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton, Drug Discovery, Adaptive Immunity

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