title: Multicolored redox active upconverter cerium oxide nanoparticle for bio-imaging and therapeutics.
abstract: Cytocompatible, co-doped cerium oxide nanoparticles exhibited strong upconversion properties that were found to kill lung cancer cells by inducing apoptosis thereby demonstrating the potential to be used as clinical contrast agents for imaging and as therapeutic agents for treatment of cancer.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Centre, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: Jung-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Janet M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dowding
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heckert
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Komanski
authors.forename: Soumen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Jimmie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colon
authors.forename: Cheryl H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Self
authors.forename: Sudipta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seal
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002563:Cerium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002563:Cerium; C030583:ceric oxide