Abstract

In spite of great advances in conventional cancer diagnosis and treatment, the early recognition and characterization for various cancers remain a technological bottleneck. The combined characteristics of board absorption and narrow emission make quantum dots (QDs) desirable fluorescent labels for cancer imaging and other applications in the biomedical field. In the current study, to the best of our knowledge, we first evidenced the preferential accumulation of QDs in cytoplasm of breast cancer cells. QDs therefore reveal considerable potentials in both tumor imaging and therapeutic application.

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Authors

Hong L, Wang Z, Yuan L, Tan J, Wang L, Qu G, Zhang D, Lin R, Liu S

Institution

State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.

Source

Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology 12:1 2012 Jan pg 365-7

MeSH

Breast Neoplasms
Cadmium Compounds
Cell Line, Tumor
Diffusion
Humans
Quantum Dots
Selenium Compounds
Subcellular Fractions

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22523988