Skip to Content

Publications

Selected Publications (from the last 4 years)

  1. Lu W, Huang Q, Ku G, Wen X-X, Zhou M, Guzatov D, Brecht P, Su R, Oraevsky A, Wang LV, Li C. Hollow gold nanospheres afford enhanced photoacoustic imaging of living mouse brain vasculature. Biomaterials, 31: 2617-2626, 2010 PMID: 20036000.
  2. Lu, W., Zhang, G-D., Zhang R, Flores II, LG, Huang, Q, Gelovani, JG, and Li, C. Tumor site-specific silencing of NF-κB p65 by targeted hollow gold nanospheres-mediated photothermal transfection. Cancer Res. 70: 3177-3188, 2010. PMID: 20388791.
  3. You J, Zhang G-D, Li C. Exceptionally high payload of doxorubicin in hollow gold nanospheres for near-infrared light-triggered drug release. ACS Nano, 4: 1033-1041, 2010. PMID: 20121065.
  4. You J, Shao R-P, Wei X, Gupta S, Li, C. Near-infrared light triggers release of paclitaxel from biodegradable microspheres: Photothermal effect and enhanced antitumor activity. Small. 6: 1022-1031, 2010. PMID: 20394071.
  5. Melancon MP, Lu W, Huang H, Thapa P, Zhou DP, Ng C, Li C. Targeted imaging of tumor-associated M2 macrophages using a macromolecular contrast agent PG-Gd-NIR813. Biomaterials, 31: 6567-6573, 2010. PMID 20537382.
  6. Melancon, M. P., Elliott, A., Shetty, A., Zhang, G-D., Yang, Z., Tian, M., Taylor, T., Stafford, R. J., Li, C. Theranostics with multifunctional magnetic gold nanoshells: Photothermal therapy and T2* magnetic resonance imaging. Invest. Radiol., in press.
  7. Li YB, Lu W, Huang Q, Huang M, Chen W, Li C. CuS nanoparticles for photothermal ablation of tumor cells. Nanomedicine, in press.
  8. Lu, W., Xiong, C-Y., Zhang, G-D., Huang, Q., Zhang, R., Zhang, J. Z., and Li, C. Targeted photothermal ablation with hollow gold nanospheres in tumor-bearing mice. Clin Cancer Res., 15: 876-886, 2009. PMID: 19188158
  9. Zhang, G-D., Yang, Z., Lu, W., Zhang, R., Huang, Q., Tian, M., Li, L., Liang, D., Li, C. Influence of anchoring ligands and particle size on the colloidal stability and in vivo biodistribution of polyethylene glycol-coated gold nanoparticles in tumor-xenografted mice. Biomaterials, 30: 1928-36, 2009. PMID: 19131103.
  10. Yang, Z., Kontoyiannis, D. P.,  Wen, X-X., Xiong, C-Y., Zhang, R., Albert, N. D., Li, C. Gamma scintigraphy imaging of murine invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with 111In-labeled cyclic peptide, Nucl. Med. Biol., 36: 259-66, 2009. PMID: 19324271
  11. Yang, Z., Leon, J., Martin, M., Harder, J. W., Zhang, R., Wen, X-X., Gelovani, J. G., Qiao, A., Li, C. Pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of near-infrared fluorescence polymeric nanoparticles. Nanotech., 20: 165101, 2009. PMID: 19420561
  12. Xiong, C-Y., Lu, W., Zhang, R., Tian, T., Tong, W., Gelovani, J., Li, C. Cell-permeable 99mTc(CO3)-labeled fluorogenic caspase 3 substrate for dual-modality detection of apoptosis. Chem. A Eur. J., 15: 8979-8984, 2009. PMID: 19637160.
  13. Xiong, C-Y., Yang, Z., Zhang, R., Tian, T., Tong, W., Gelovani, J., Li, C. 99mTc-labeled Ac-DEVD peptides as a substrate for measuring caspase activity. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 611: 455-456, 2009. PMID: 19400264
  14. Wang, W., Shao, R-P., Wu, Q-P., McMurray, J., Lang, F. F., Jr., Charnsangavej, C., Gelovani, J., Li, C. Targeting gelatinases with a near-infrared fluorescent cyclic His-Try-Gly-Phe peptide. Mol. Imaging Biol. 11: 4242-433, 2009. PMID: 19424760
  15. Thapa, P., Zhang, G-D., Xia, C-F., Gelbard, A., Overwijk, W., Liu, C-W., Hwu, P., Chang, D. Z., Courtney, A., Sastry, J. K., Wang, W. P., Li, C., Zhou, D-P. Nanoparticle formulated alpha-galactosylceramide activates NKT cells without inducing anergy. Vaccine, 2009 Feb 5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19200815
  16. Cao, Wei, Bover, L., Cho, M., Wen, X-X., Hanabuchi, S., Bao, M., Rosen, D. B., Yi-Hong Wang, Y-H., Shaw, J. L., Du, Q., Li, C., Arai, N., Yao, Z., Lanier, L. L., Liu, Y-J. Regulation of TLR7/9 responses in plasmacytoid dendritic cells by BST2 and ILT7 receptor interaction. J. Exp. Med., [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19564354.
  17. Li, M-L., Oh, J-T., Xie, X-Y., Ku, G., Wang, W., Li, C., Lungu, G., Stoica, G., and Wang L. V. Simultaneous molecular and hypoxia imaging of brain tumors in vivo using spectroscopic photoacoustic tomography. Proceedings of the IEEE, 96: 481-489, 2008.
  18. Zhang, G-D., Zhang, R., Wen, X-X., Li, L., Li, C. Micelles based on biodegradable poly(l-glutamic acid)-b-polylactide with paramagnetic Gd ions chelated to the shell layer as a potential nanoscale MRI-visible delivery system. Biomacromol., 9: 36-42, 2008. PMID: 18047289
  19. Melancon, M. P., Lu, W., Yang, Z., Zhang, R., Cheng, Z., Elliot, A., Stafford, J., Olsen, T., Zhang, J. Z., Li, C. In vitro and in vivo targeting of hollow gold nanoshells directed at EGF receptors. Mol Cancer Ther, 7: 1730-9, 2008. PMID: 18566244
  20. Frank, S. J., Stafford, R. J., Bankson, J. A., Li, C., Swanson, D., Kudchadker, R., Martirosyan, K. An MRI-based approach to eliminate inter-observer variability in permanent prostate brachytherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 71: 5-8, 2008.
  21. Jackson, E. F., Esparza-Coss, E., Wen, X-X., Ng, C., Danie, S. L., Price, R. E., Rivera, B., Charnsangavej, C., Gelovani, J. G., Li, C. Magnetic resonance imaging of taxane-induced necrosis using gadolinium-chelated polyglutamic acids. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 68: 830-8, 2007.
  22. Melancon, M. P., Wang, W., Wang, Y-T., Shao, R-P., Ji, X-J., Gelovani, J. G., and Li, C. A novel method for imaging in vivo degradation of poly (L-glutamic acid), a biodegradable drug carrier. Pharm. Res., 24: 1217-24, 2007. PMID: 17377742
  23. Melancon, M. P., Wang, Y-T., Wen, X-X., Bankson, J. A., Stephens, L. C., Jasser, S., Gelovani, J. G., Myers, J. N., Li, C. Development of a macromolecular dual-modality MR-optical imaging for sentinel lymph node mapping. Invest. Radiol., 42: 569-78, 2007. PMID: 17620940
  24. Ji, X-J., Shao, R-P.,  Elliott, A. M.,  Stafford, R. J., Esparza-Coss, E., Bankson, J. A., Liang, G., Luo, Z-P., Park, K., Markert, J. T., and Li, C. Bifunctional gold nanoshells with a superparamagnetic iron oxide core suitable for both MR imaging and photo-thermal therapy, J. Phys. Chem. -C, 111: 6245-51, 2007.
  25. Zhu, G-Y., Cao, X-Y., Chang, J. Y., Milas, L., Li, C. Polymeric retinoid prodrug PG-4HPR enhances the radiation response of lung cancer. Oncol. Rep., 18: 645-51, 2007.
  26. Zou, C., Brewer, M., Cao, X-Y, Zang, R-Y., Lin, J-X., Deng, Y-J., Li, C. Antitumor activity of 4-(N-hydroxyphenyl) retinamide conjugated with poly(L-glutamic acid) against ovarian cancer xenografts, Gynecol. Oncol., 107: 441-449, 2007.
  27. Yang, Z., Zheng, S-Y., Martin, M., Wen, X-X., Gelovani, J. G., Harder, J., Qiao, A., and Li, C.  Long-circulating near-infrared fluorescence core-crosslinked polymeric micelles: synthesis, characterization, and dual nuclear/optical imaging, Biomacromol., 8: 3422-3428, 2007. PMID: 17958440
  28. Shao, R-P., Xiong, C-Y., Wen, X-X., Gelovani, J. G., and Li, C. Targeting Phosphatidylserine on apoptotic cells with a phages and peptides selected from a bacteriophage display library. Molecular Imaging, 6: 417-426, 2007.
  29. Park, K., Liang, G., Ji, X., Luo, Z. P., Li, C., Croft, M., Markert, J. T. Structural and magnetic properties of gold and silica doubly coated g-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. J. Phys. Chem. -C, 111: 18512-18519, 2007.

© 2012 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center