Applications of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for the Therapy and Diagnosis of Cancer

Cell-targeting aptamers act as intracellular delivery vehicles

(2016) Subash C. B. Gopinath et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Functional long circulating single walled carbon nanotubes for fluorescent/photoacoustic imaging-guided enhanced phototherapy

(2016) Lisi Xie et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Oligonucleotide conjugates – Candidates for gene silencing therapeutics

(2016) Matt Gooding et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS

Designing multimodal carbon nanotubes by covalent multi-functionalization

(2016) Bhimareddy Dinesh et al.   Nanoscale

What are the emerging concepts and challenges in NANO? Nanoarchitectonics, hand-operating nanotechnology and mechanobiology

(2016) Katsuhiko Ariga et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Engineered nanoparticles induce cell apoptosis: potential for cancer therapy

(2016) Dan-Dan Ma et al.   Oncotarget

Enhanced Water Vapor Transmission through Porous Membranes Based on Melt Blending of Polystyrene Sulfonate with Polyethylene Copolymers and Their CNT Nanocomposites

(2016) Georgia Lainioti et al.   Polymers

Can Carbon Nanotubes Deliver on Their Promise in Biology? Harnessing Unique Properties for Unparalleled Applications

(2016) Christopher J. Serpell et al.   ACS Central Science

Metronomic Doses of Temozolomide Enhance the Efficacy of Carbon Nanotube CpG Immunotherapy in an Invasive Glioma Model

(2016) Mao Ouyang et al.   PLoS One

The Way to Nanoarchitectonics and the Way of Nanoarchitectonics

(2015) Masakazu Aono et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fluorescence Imaging In Vivo at Wavelengths beyond 1500 nm

(2015) Shuo Diao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Design of Cationic Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Efficient siRNA Vectors for Lung Cancer Xenograft Eradication

(2015) Chang Guo et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Iron-filled multiwalled carbon nanotubes surface-functionalized with paramagnetic Gd (III): A candidate dual-functioning MRI contrast agent and magnetic hyperthermia structure

(2015) Taze Peci et al.   CARBON

Carbon Nanomaterials for Biological Imaging and Nanomedicinal Therapy

(2015) Guosong Hong et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Enhancement of high-resolution photoacoustic imaging with indocyanine green-conjugated carbon nanotubes

(2015) Van Phuc Nguyen et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Antitumor Activity of Doxorubicin-Loaded Carbon Nanotubes Incorporated Poly(Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid) Electrospun Composite Nanofibers

(2015) Yuan Yu et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Antitumor Activity of Doxorubicin-Loaded Carbon Nanotubes Incorporated Poly(Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid) Electrospun Composite Nanofibers

(2015) Yuan Yu et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Nanoarchitectonics: a new materials horizon for nanotechnology

(2015) Katsuhiko Ariga et al.   Materials Horizons

Near-Infrared II Fluorescence for Imaging Hindlimb Vessel Regeneration With Dynamic Tissue Perfusion Measurement

(2014) Guosong Hong et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Doxorubicin loaded folate-targeted carbon nanotubes: Preparation, cellular internalization, in vitro cytotoxicity and disposition kinetic study in the isolated perfused rat liver

(2014) Nahid Mobarghei Dinan et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Bioactive nanocarbon assemblies: Nanoarchitectonics and applications

(2014) Waka Nakanishi et al.   Nano Today

A carbon nanotube–polymer composite for T-cell therapy

(2014) Tarek R. Fadel et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Through-skull fluorescence imaging of the brain in a new near-infrared window

(2014) Guosong Hong et al.   Nature Photonics

Bioinspired nanoarchitectonics as emerging drug delivery systems

(2014) Katsuhiko Ariga et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Deep, noninvasive imaging and surgical guidance of submillimeter tumors using targeted M13-stabilized single-walled carbon nanotubes

(2014) D. Ghosh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Immunoassay with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Near-Infrared Fluorescent Labels

(2013) Yoko Iizumi et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultra-Low Doses of Chirality Sorted (6,5) Carbon Nanotubes for Simultaneous Tumor Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

(2013) Alexander L. Antaris et al.   ACS Nano

Carbon nanotubes as vectors for gene therapy: Past achievements, present challenges and future goals

(2013) Katie Bates et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Carbon nanotubes for delivery of small molecule drugs

(2013) Bin Sheng Wong et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

The covalent bioconjugate of multiwalled carbon nanotube and amino-modified linearized plasmid DNA for gene delivery

(2013) Caner Geyik et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS

The magnetic, relaxometric, and optical properties of gadolinium-catalyzed single walled carbon nanotubes

(2013) Balaji Sitharaman et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

High-resolution, serial intravital microscopic imaging of nanoparticle delivery and targeting in a small animal tumor model

(2013) Bryan Ronain Smith et al.   Nano Today

Single-walled carbon nanotubes as anisotropic relaxation probes for magnetic resonance imaging

(2013) Arisbel Cerpa et al.   MedChemComm

Family of Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging Agents for High-Sensitivity and Multiplexing Studies in Living Mice

(2012) Adam de la Zerda et al.   ACS Nano

Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles As a New Class of Photoacoustic Contrast Agent for Deep Tissue Imaging at 1064 nm

(2012) Geng Ku et al.   ACS Nano

Nitroxide Radicals@US-Tubes: New Spin Labels for Biomedical Applications

(2012) Eladio J. Rivera et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Protamine Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Stem Cell Labeling and In Vivo Raman/Magnetic Resonance/Photoacoustic Triple-Modal Imaging

(2012) Chao Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Multimodal Imaging Guided Photothermal Therapy using Functionalized Graphene Nanosheets Anchored with Magnetic Nanoparticles

(2012) Kai Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hyaluronate Tethered, “Smart” Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Tumor-Targeted Delivery of Doxorubicin

(2012) Satyajit R. Datir et al.   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes containing traces of iron as new negative MRI contrast agents forin vivoimaging

(2012) Bich-Thuy Doan et al.   Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging

Mapping the intracellular distribution of carbon nanotubes after targeted delivery to carcinoma cells using confocal Raman imaging as a label-free technique

(2012) C Lamprecht et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging in the Second Near-Infrared Window with Long Circulating Carbon Nanotubes Capable of Ultrahigh Tumor Uptake

(2012) Joshua T. Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chirality Enriched (12,1) and (11,3) Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Biological Imaging

(2012) Shuo Diao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

M13 Phage-Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes As Nanoprobes for Second Near-Infrared Window Fluorescence Imaging of Targeted Tumors

(2012) Hyunjung Yi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multifunctional in vivo vascular imaging using near-infrared II fluorescence

(2012) Guosong Hong et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Solvothermal synthesis of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles loaded on multiwalled carbon nanotubes for magnetic resonance imaging and drug delivery

(2011) Huixia Wu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The use of polyethylenimine-grafted graphene nanoribbon for cellular delivery of locked nucleic acid modified molecular beacon for recognition of microRNA

(2011) Haifeng Dong et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Folate and iron difunctionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes as dual-targeted drug nanocarrier to cancer cells

(2011) Ruibin Li et al.   CARBON

Making carbon nanotubes biocompatible and biodegradable

(2011) Alberto Bianco et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Functionalized carbon nanomaterials as nanocarriers for loading and delivery of a poorly water-soluble anticancer drug: a comparative study

(2011) Nanda Gopal Sahoo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Magnetic functionalised carbon nanotubes as drug vehicles for cancer lymph node metastasis treatment

(2011) Feng Yang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER

In vivo biodistribution and biological impact of injected carbon nanotubes using magnetic resonance techniques

(2011) Achraf Al Faraj et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

SiRNA delivery with functionalized carbon nanotubes

(2011) Amir Khashayar Varkouhi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Supramolecular Assembly and Antitumor Activity of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube–Camptothecin Complexes

(2011) Zhong Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Deep-tissue anatomical imaging of mice using carbon nanotube fluorophores in the second near-infrared window

(2011) K. Welsher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Efficient receptor-independent intracellular translocation of aptamers mediated by conjugation to carbon nanotubes

(2010) Jeroen Van den Bossche et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ultrahigh Sensitivity Carbon Nanotube Agents for Photoacoustic Molecular Imaging in Living Mice

(2010) Adam de la Zerda et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multiplexed five-color molecular imaging of cancer cells and tumor tissues with carbon nanotube Raman tags in the near-infrared

(2010) Zhuang Liu et al.   Nano Research

Subcutaneous injection of water-soluble multi-walled carbon nanotubes in tumor-bearing mice boosts the host immune activity

(2010) Jie Meng et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Delivery of paclitaxel by physically loading onto poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-graftcarbon nanotubes for potent cancer therapeutics

(2010) Chee Leng Lay et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Multi-wall carbon nanotubes - a vehicle for targeted Irinotecan drug delivery

(2010) Carla Tripisciano et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Poly(ethylene glycol)-conjugated multi-walled carbon nanotubes as an efficient drug carrier for overcoming multidrug resistance

(2010) Jinping Cheng et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY

Near-infrared fluorescent nanoprobes for cancer molecular imaging: status and challenges

(2010) Xiaoxiao He et al.   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Covalently Combining Carbon Nanotubes with Anticancer Agent: Preparation and Antitumor Activity

(2009) Wei Wu et al.   ACS Nano

Multifunctional Dendrimer-Modified Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vitro Cancer Cell Targeting and Imaging

(2009) Xiangyang Shi et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Targeted delivery and controlled release of doxorubicin to cancer cells using modified single wall carbon nanotubes

(2009) Xiaoke Zhang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Real-time identification of liver cancers by using indocyanine green fluorescent imaging

(2009) Takeaki Ishizawa et al.   CANCER

Principles of Cancer Therapy: Oncogene and Non-oncogene Addiction

(2009) Ji Luo et al.   CELL

Single-wall carbon nanotubes based anticancer drug delivery system

(2009) C. Tripisciano et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Selective uptake of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by tumor macrophages in a murine glioma model

(2009) Michelle VanHandel et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Carbon nanotubes as a protein toxin transporter for selective HER2-positive breast cancer cell destruction

(2009) Xuexiang Weng et al.   Molecular BioSystems

In Vivo Imaging of Carbon Nanotube Biodistribution Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

(2009) Achraf Al Faraj et al.   NANO LETTERS

In vivo therapeutic silencing of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) using single-walled carbon nanotubes noncovalently coated with siRNA

(2009) Geoffrey Bartholomeusz et al.   Nano Research

Carbon nanotubes in biology and medicine: In vitro and in vivo detection, imaging and drug delivery

(2009) Zhuang Liu et al.   Nano Research

Toxicity issues in the application of carbon nanotubes to biological systems

(2009) Constantine P. Firme et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Synthesis and characterization of polyamidoamine dendrimer-coated multi-walled carbon nanotubes and their application in gene delivery systems

(2009) Bifeng Pan et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

A route to brightly fluorescent carbon nanotubes for near-infrared imaging in mice

(2009) Kevin Welsher et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

In vivo magnetic enrichment and multiplex photoacoustic detection of circulating tumour cells

(2009) Ekaterina I. Galanzha et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Multiplexed imaging of surface enhanced Raman scattering nanotags in living mice using noninvasive Raman spectroscopy

(2009) C. L. Zavaleta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Antitumor Activity and Prolonged Survival by Carbon-Nanotube-Mediated Therapeutic siRNA Silencing in a Human Lung Xenograft Model

(2009) Jennifer E. Podesta et al.   Small

Drug Delivery with Carbon Nanotubes for In vivo Cancer Treatment

(2008) Z. Liu et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Multiwalled carbon nanotube–doxorubicin supramolecular complexes for cancer therapeutics

(2008) Hanene Ali-Boucetta et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Targeted RNA Interference of Cyclin A2 Mediated by Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Induces Proliferation Arrest and Apoptosis in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia K562 Cells

(2008) Xiaohui Wang et al.   ChemMedChem

Multiplexed Multicolor Raman Imaging of Live Cells with Isotopically Modified Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

(2008) Zhuang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Targeted Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube-Mediated Pt(IV) Prodrug Delivery Using Folate as a Homing Device

(2008) Shanta Dhar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Noninvasive Raman Spectroscopy in Living Mice for Evaluation of Tumor Targeting with Carbon Nanotubes

(2008) C. Zavaleta et al.   NANO LETTERS

Carbon nanotubes filled with a chemotherapeutic agent: a nanocarrier mediates inhibition of tumor cell growth

(2008) Silke Hampel et al.   Nanomedicine

Multimodal optical sensing and analyte specificity using single-walled carbon nanotubes

(2008) Daniel A. Heller et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Carbon nanotubes as photoacoustic molecular imaging agents in living mice

(2008) Adam De La Zerda et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Noncovalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Amphiphilic Gd3+Chelates:  Toward Powerful T1and T2MRI Contrast Agents

(2007) Cyrille Richard et al.   NANO LETTERS