La nanopartícula conjugada de oxazina detecta in vivo la generación de ácido hipocloroso y peroxinitrito

Peter Panizzi1, Matthias Nahrendorf, Moritz Wildgruber

  • 1Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Simches Research Building, 185 Cambridge St., Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.

Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron un nuevo sensor de nanopartículas para detectar especies reactivas de oxígeno / nitrógeno (ROS / NPS) in vivo. Esta sonda de imagen se dirige a la inflamación y proporciona un nuevo indicador de pronóstico para el daño tisular después de eventos como ataques cardíacos.

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