Microbubbles for human diagnosis and therapy

L Fournier, T de La Taille, C Chauvierre - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbubbles (MBs) were observed for the first time in vivo as a curious consequence of
quick saline injection during ultrasound (US) imaging of the aortic root, more than 50 years …

DNA nanostructures and DNA‐functionalized nanoparticles for cancer theranostics

F Nicolson, A Ali, MF Kircher, S Pal - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the last two decades, DNA has attracted significant attention toward the development of
materials at the nanoscale for emerging applications due to the unparalleled versatility and …

Microbubble size and dose effects on pharmacokinetics

JA Navarro-Becerra, KH Song, P Martinez… - ACS biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Optimization of contrast-enhanced imaging and focused ultrasound therapy requires a
comprehensive understanding of in vivo microbubble (MB) pharmacokinetics. Prior studies …

Targeted microbubbles for drug, gene, and cell delivery in therapy and immunotherapy

JA Navarro-Becerra, MA Borden - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbubbles are 1–10 μm diameter gas-filled acoustically-active particles, typically
stabilized by a phospholipid monolayer shell. Microbubbles can be engineered through …

Ultrasound-mediated antitumor therapy via targeted acoustic release carrier of carbon monoxide (TARC-CO)

W Guo, S Huang, J An, J Zhang, F Dong… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As one of the most valuable endogenous gas signaling molecules, carbon monoxide (CO)
has been demonstrated in numerous studies to show excellent promise in the treatment of …

Emerging applications of ultrasound-contrast agents in radiation therapy

Q Lacerda, M Tantawi, DB Leeper, MA Wheatley… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy (RT) causes DNA damage through ionization, leading to double-strand
breaks. In addition, it generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are toxic to tumor …

Engineering Synthetic Erythrocytes as Next‐Generation Blood Substitutes

FL Gomes, SH Jeong, SR Shin, J Leijten… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Blood scarcity is one of the main causes of healthcare disruptions worldwide, with blood
shortages occurring at an alarming rate. Over the last decades, blood substitutes have …

Enhancing Targeted Therapy in Breast Cancer by Ultrasound-Responsive Nanocarriers

IA Edwards, F De Carlo, J Sitta, W Varner… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Currently, the response to cancer treatments is highly variable, and severe side effects and
toxicity are experienced by patients receiving high doses of chemotherapy, such as those …

Effect of Poly (ethylene glycol) Configuration on Microbubble Pharmacokinetics

JA Navarro-Becerra, JI Castillo… - … Biomaterials Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Microbubbles (MBs) hold substantial promise for medical imaging and therapy; nonetheless,
knowledge gaps persist between composition, structure, and in vivo performance, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-triggered oxygen-loaded nanodroplets enhance and monitor cerebral damage from sonodynamic therapy

H Lea-Banks, SK Wu, H Lee, K Hynynen - Nanotheranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In sonodynamic therapy, cellular toxicity from sonosensitizer drugs, such as 5-aminolevulinic
acid hydrochloride (5-ALA), may be triggered with focused ultrasound through the …