Publications
Selected Publications (from the last 4 years)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Li YB, Lu W, Huang Q, Huang M, Chen W, Li C. CuS nanoparticles for photothermal ablation of tumor cells. Nanomedicine, in press.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.


