title: Aptamer-functionalized, ultra-small, monodisperse silica nanoconjugates for targeted dual-modal imaging of lymph nodes with metastatic tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1304 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Xujuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lawrence W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Dobrucki
authors.forename: Isthier
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chaudhury
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lezmi
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Helferich
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000737:chemistry*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D058726:Nanoconjugates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D058726:Nanoconjugates; D012235:Rhodamines; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; C027755:rhodamine isothiocyanate