Iron oxide nanoparticle surface decorated with cRGD peptides for magnetic resonance imaging of brain tumors

In this article, a specific targeting Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) nanoplatform, composed by iron oxide nanoparticle (NP) with cRGD peptides as targeting agent onto NP surface, is explored for the diagnosis of brain tumors by MRI using intracranial U87MG mice xenograft tumor. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Recent Advances in Bionanomaterials Guest Editor: Dr. Marie-Louise Saboungi and Dr. Samuel D. Bader. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.