Near-infrared quantum dots labelled with a tumor selective tetrabranched peptide for in vivo imaging.

Jlenia BrunettiGiulia RioloMariangela GentileAndrea BerniniEugenio PaccagniniChiara FalcianiLuisa LozziSilvia ScaliLorenzo DepauAlessandro PiniPietro LupettiLuisa Bracci

Published in: Journal of nanobiotechnology (2018)

NIR QDs labelled with the tetrabranched NT4 peptide have very promising performance for selective addressing of tumor cells in vitro and in vivo, proving rising features of NT4-QDs as theranostics.

Keyphrases

quantum dots
high resolution
photodynamic therapy
fluorescence imaging
sensitive detection
mass spectrometry
fluorescent probe
drug release