Therapeutic applications of microbubbles

被引：279

作者：

Unger, EC ^{[1
]}

Matsunaga, TO ^{[1
]}

McCreery, T ^{[1
]}

Schumann, P ^{[1
]}

Sweitzer, R ^{[1
]}

Quigley, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ImaRx Therapeut Inc, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY | 2002年 / 42卷 / 02期

关键词：

microbubbles; ultrasound; therapy; gene delivery; drug delivery; thrombolysis;

D O I：

10.1016/S0720-048X(01)00455-7

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

Microbubbles, currently used as contrast agents have potential therapeutic application;. Microbubbles, upon insonation of sufficiently intense ultrasound will cavitate. Cavitation with microbubbles can be used to dissolve blood clots or deliver drugs. Targeting ligands and drugs can be incorporated into microbubbles to make highly specific diagnostic and therapeutic agents for activation with ultrasound. In this paper I will review some of these potential applications and experimental results using such agents for thrombolysis, drug and gene delivery. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页数：9

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