| Literature DB >> 17552555 |
Jun Qian, Ken-Tye Yong, Indrajit Roy, Tymish Y Ohulchanskyy, Earl J Bergey, Hoon Hi Lee, Kenneth M Tramposch, Sailing He, Anirban Maitra, Paras N Prasad.
Abstract
In this study, CdSe/CdS/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) were used as optical contrast agent for imaging pancreatic cancer cells in vitro using transferrin and anti-Claudin-4 as targeting ligands. CdSe/CdS/ZnS was chosen because the CdSe/CdS/ZnS QDs have better photoluminescence (PL) efficiency and stability than those of CdSe/ZnS. The transferrin-mediated targeting is demonstrated in both a cell-free coprecipitation assay as well as using in vitro confocal microscopy. Pancreatic cancer specific uptake is also demonstrated using the monoclonal antibody anti-Claudin-4. This targeted QD platform will be further modified for the purpose of developing as an early detection imaging tool for pancreatic cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17552555 DOI: 10.1021/jp070620n
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Phys Chem B ISSN: 1520-5207 Impact factor: 2.991