2019
Prognosticating brain tumor patient survival after laser thermotherapy: Comparison between neuroradiological reading and semi-quantitative analysis of MRI data
Hanna JM, Temares D, Hyder F, Rothman DL, Fulbright RK, Chiang VL, Coman D. Prognosticating brain tumor patient survival after laser thermotherapy: Comparison between neuroradiological reading and semi-quantitative analysis of MRI data. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2019, 65: 45-54. PMID: 31675529, DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.09.011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Mapping Extracellular pH of Gliomas in Presence of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles: Towards Imaging the Distribution of Drug‐Containing Nanoparticles and Their Curative Effect on the Tumor Microenvironment
Maritim S, Coman D, Huang Y, Rao JU, Walsh JJ, Hyder F. Mapping Extracellular pH of Gliomas in Presence of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles: Towards Imaging the Distribution of Drug‐Containing Nanoparticles and Their Curative Effect on the Tumor Microenvironment. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging 2017, 2017: 3849373. PMID: 29362558, PMCID: PMC5736903, DOI: 10.1155/2017/3849373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain microvasculatureCurative effectTherapeutic effectIntravenous injectionTherapeutic impactTumor typesD-NPsTumor microenvironmentSuperparamagnetic iron oxideTumor hallmarksGliomasDrug distributionInfusionMRI contrastHealing efficacyMRI readoutsMicrovasculatureDrugsExtracellular pHDrug-containing nanoparticlesTumor-targeted nanoparticlesSPIO NPsTumor boundariesTemozolomide arrests glioma growth and normalizes intratumoral extracellular pH
Rao JU, Coman D, Walsh JJ, Ali MM, Huang Y, Hyder F. Temozolomide arrests glioma growth and normalizes intratumoral extracellular pH. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 7865. PMID: 28801587, PMCID: PMC5554228, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07609-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsU251 tumorsTumor microenvironmentT2-weighted MRITherapeutic responseUntreated ratsTumor volumeRat brainTumor growthTherapeutic influenceGlioma growthPeritumoral regionRatsApoptosis inductionTumorsGliomasTumor corePhysiological readoutsExtracellular pHAcidic pHeTumor boundariesProliferationMicroenvironment
2016
Towards longitudinal mapping of extracellular pH in gliomas
Huang Y, Coman D, Herman P, Rao JU, Maritim S, Hyder F. Towards longitudinal mapping of extracellular pH in gliomas. NMR In Biomedicine 2016, 29: 1364-1372. PMID: 27472471, PMCID: PMC5035200, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3578.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical interventionPlasma concentrationsU87 brain tumorsPreclinical modelsRenal clearanceSame subjectsTumor assessmentBrain tumorsProbe doseTherapeutic monitoringTranslational valueTumor characterizationLongitudinal scansChemical shift imaging techniqueThulium ionsMolecular imagingParamagnetic probesInterventionScansImaging techniquesSubjectsNon-exchangeable protonsImaging the intratumoral–peritumoral extracellular pH gradient of gliomas
Coman D, Huang Y, Rao JU, De Feyter HM, Rothman DL, Juchem C, Hyder F. Imaging the intratumoral–peritumoral extracellular pH gradient of gliomas. NMR In Biomedicine 2016, 29: 309-319. PMID: 26752688, PMCID: PMC4769673, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRG2 tumorsTumor typesKi-67-positive cellsCancer therapeutic responseAcidic pHeTherapeutic responseRat brainPositive cellsSolid tumorsTumor cell invasionTumor borderTumorsPeritumoral regionNormal tissuesCell invasionTumor pHeP-MRSCancer imagingNeutral intracellularImagingPreclinical applicationsInfusionTherapy
2014
Imaging the delivery of brain-penetrating PLGA nanoparticles in the brain using magnetic resonance
Strohbehn G, Coman D, Han L, Ragheb RR, Fahmy TM, Huttner AJ, Hyder F, Piepmeier JM, Saltzman WM, Zhou J. Imaging the delivery of brain-penetrating PLGA nanoparticles in the brain using magnetic resonance. Journal Of Neuro-Oncology 2014, 121: 441-449. PMID: 25403507, PMCID: PMC4323763, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-014-1658-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBrain NeoplasmsConvectionDrug Delivery SystemsFerric CompoundsGlioblastomaHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLactic AcidMagnetic Resonance ImagingNanoparticlesNeuroimagingPolyglycolic AcidPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyConceptsBrain-penetrating nanoparticlesSuperparamagnetic iron oxideEfficient deliveryDrug-loaded nanoparticlesDistribution of nanoparticlesTransverse relaxivityPLGA nanoparticlesNanoparticlesConvection-enhanced deliveryDelivery platformFuture clinical applicationsUniversal tumor recurrenceClinical translationSignal attenuationDetection modalitiesIron oxideSame morphologyParticle distributionDeliveryGroundbreaking approachClinical applicationRelevant volumesRelaxivityTreatment of GBMOxide