The potential of engineered multifunctional quantum dots for macrophage theranostics

Chengliang Yin¹, Yuanyuan Zhu², Yufei Lv³, Hongping Deng⁴, Bing Liu^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China.
² Department of Pathology, Harbin Medical University, Nangang District, Harbin 150001, China.
³ Postdoctoral Mobile Station of Basic Medical Sciences, Hengyang Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China.
⁴ Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of TCM Chemical Biology, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
⁵ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.
⁶ NHC Key Laboratory of Cell Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.

Review

Chengliang Yin et al. Innovation (Camb). 2023.

. 2023 Aug 2;4(5):100492.

doi: 10.1016/j.xinn.2023.100492. eCollection 2023 Sep 11.

Chengliang Yin¹, Yuanyuan Zhu², Yufei Lv³, Hongping Deng⁴, Bing Liu^{5

6}

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China.
² Department of Pathology, Harbin Medical University, Nangang District, Harbin 150001, China.
³ Postdoctoral Mobile Station of Basic Medical Sciences, Hengyang Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China.
⁴ Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of TCM Chemical Biology, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
⁵ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.
⁶ NHC Key Laboratory of Cell Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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