title: Small conjugate-based theranostic agents: an encouraging approach for cancer therapy.
abstract: The advances in genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics have directed the development of new anticancer agents to reduce drug abuse and increase safe and specific drug treatment. Theranostics, combining therapy and diagnosis, is an appealing approach for chemotherapy in medicine which exhibits improved biodistribution, selective cancer targeting ability, reduced toxicity, masked drug efficacy, and minimum side effects. The role of diagnosis tools in theranostics is to collect the information of the diseased state before and after specific treatment. Magnetic particle-, mesoporous silica-, various carbon allotrope-, and polymer nanoparticle-based theranostic systems are well accepted and clinically significant. Currently, small conjugate-based systems have received much attention for cancer treatment and diagnosis. The structural architecture of these systems is relatively simple, compact, biocompatible, and unidirectional. In this tutorial review, we summarize the latest developments on small conjugate based theranostic agents for tumor treatment and diagnosis using fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea. jongskim@korea.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Weon Sup
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Kyoung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sunwoo
authors.forename: Won Young
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seyoung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Sankarprasad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhuniya
authors.forename: Jong Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004337:Drug Carriers; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015394:Molecular Structure; D058726:Nanoconjugates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011355:Prodrugs / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000068936:Theranostic Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004337:Drug Carriers; D058726:Nanoconjugates; D011355:Prodrugs