Magnetic Nanoparticles Conjugated with Peptides Derived from Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 as a Tool for Targeting Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial inflammatory disease that may progress silently for long period, and it is also widely accepted as the main cause of cardiovascular diseases. To prevent atherosclerotic plaques from generating, imaging early molecular markers and quantifying the extent of disease...

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Main Authors: Chung-Wei Kao, Po-Ting Wu, Mei-Yi Liao, I-Ju Chung, Kai-Chien Yang, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng, Jiashing Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/10/2/62