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RGD-conjugated human ferritin nanoparticles for imaging vascular inflammation and angiogenesis in experimental carotid and aortic disease.

Kitagawa T, Kosuge H, Uchida M, Dua MM, Iida Y, Dalman RL, Douglas T, McConnell MV. Mol Imaging Biol. 2012; 14 (3): 315-24

Inflammation and angiogenesis are important contributors to vascular disease. We evaluated imaging both of these biological processes, using Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-conjugated human ferritin nanoparticles (HFn), in experimental carotid and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease.

PubMedID: 21638084