title: Yeast cell wall particles: a promising class of nature-inspired microcarriers for multimodal imaging.
abstract: This communication demonstrates that yeast cell wall particles (YCWPs) are a promising class of nature-inspired biocompatible microcarriers for the delivery of amphipathic/lipophilic imaging reporters. When a paramagnetic MRI agent is loaded, the longitudinal relaxivity per particle at 0.5 T is the highest ever reported for Gd-based systems.
authors: Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, and Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Figueiredo
authors: João Nuno
authors: JN
authors: Moreira
authors: Carlos F G C
authors: CF
authors: Geraldes
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Rizzitelli
authors: Silvio
authors: S
authors: Aime
authors: Enzo
authors: E
authors: Terreno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000737:chemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008280:Magnetics; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D051379:Mice; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003287:Contrast Media; D004337:Drug Carriers; D012235:Rhodamines; D005682:Gadolinium