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Theranostics publishes innovative research articles reflecting the fields of in vitro diagnostics and prognostics, in vivo molecular imaging, molecular therapeutics, image-guided therapy, biosensors, system biology and translational medicine, personalized medicine and a broad spectrum of biomedical research that can be applied to future theranostic applications.


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Deletion of Calhm2 alleviates MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease pathology by inhibiting EFHD2-STAT3 signaling in microglia
Xuena Bo, Fei Xie, Jingdan Zhang, Runze Gu, Xiaoheng Li, Shuoshuo Li, Zengqiang Yuan, Jinbo Cheng
Theranostics 2023; 13(6): 1809-1822. doi:10.7150/thno.83082
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The role of lipid metabolic reprogramming in tumor microenvironment
Kai Yang, Xiaokun Wang, Chenghu Song, Zhao He, Ruixin Wang, Yongrui Xu, Guanyu Jiang, Yuan Wan, Jie Mei, Wenjun Mao
Theranostics 2023; 13(6): 1774-1808. doi:10.7150/thno.82920
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CSF2RB overexpression promotes the protective effects of mesenchymal stromal cells against ischemic heart injury
Tingting Qi, Xiaoming Xu, Yongzhen Guo, Yunlong Xia, Lu Peng, Congye Li, Fengyue Ding, Chao Gao, Miaomiao Fan, Min Yu, Huishou Zhao, Yuan He, Wenli Li, Chunxu Hai, Erhe Gao, Xing Zhang, Feng Gao, Yanhong Fan, Wenjun Yan, Ling Tao
Theranostics 2023; 13(6): 1759-1773. doi:10.7150/thno.81336
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Recent advances in fluorescent probes of peroxynitrite: Structural, strategies and biological applications
Jiarao Sun, Xiaoli Cao, Wenjuan Lu, Yongchun Wei, Lingxiu Kong, Wei Chen, Xintian Shao, Yanfeng Wang
Theranostics 2023; 13(6): 1730-1758. doi:10.7150/thno.80529
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Repopulated retinal microglia promote Müller glia reprogramming and preserve visual function in retinal degenerative mice
Xuan Cheng, Hui Gao, Zui Tao, Zhiyuan Yin, Zhe Cha, Xiaona Huang, Yikui Zhang, Yuxiao Zeng, Juncai He, Lingling Ge, Luodan A, Haiwei Xu, Guang-Hua Peng
Theranostics 2023; 13(6): 1712-1729. doi:10.7150/thno.79538
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Tumor protease-activated theranostic nanoparticles for MRI-guided glioblastoma therapy
Ching-Hsin Huang, Edwin Chang, Li Zheng, Joe Gerald Jesu Raj, Wei Wu, Laura J. Pisani, Heike E. Daldrup-Link
Theranostics 2023; 13(6): 1698-1711. doi:10.7150/thno.79342
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Tumor-derived Cav-1 promotes pre-metastatic niche formation and lung metastasis in breast cancer
Yi Wang, Yuqiu Li, Junpei Zhong, Miao Li, Youjia Zhou, Qing Lin, Siwen Zong, Wenting Luo, Jiayang Wang, Keqin Wang, Jie Wang, Lixia Xiong
Theranostics 2023; 13(5): 1684-1697. doi:10.7150/thno.79250
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Ultrasound-controlled MXene-based Schottky heterojunction improves anti-infection and osteogenesis properties
Hongchuan Wang, Na Mu, Yaqi He, Xiaoguang Zhang, Jie Lei, Cao Yang, Liang Ma, Yong Gao
Theranostics 2023; 13(5): 1669-1683. doi:10.7150/thno.81511
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Editor-in-Chief:
Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen, PhD
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Special Issue: Osteoarthritis Theranostics. Guest Editors: Dr. WEN, CHUNYI, Dr. Magali Cucchiarini.


CFP: Special issue on mRNA-based vaccine and therapy. Guest Editors: Guocan Yu (Tsinghua University, China), Qiaobing Xu (Tufts University, USA), Wei Tao (Harvard Medical School, USA)


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Research Paper
Curcumin Nanofiber PCL/PLGA/Collagen Enhanced the Therapeutic Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells against Liver Fibrosis in Animal Model and Prevented its Recurrence
Gehan Abd-Elfatah Tawfeek, Hend Ahmed Kasem, Sherif Elsayed Elshoala
Nanotheranostics 2023; 7(3): 299-315. doi:10.7150/ntno.81019
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Congratulations to Dr. Chen for being elected as AIMBE fellow.


Dr. Chen received the 2016 Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award for his extensive contributions at the interface between chemistry, biology, and medicine that have helped define the field of nanomedicine.


Dr. Chen and Theranostics journal have been featured in an article of Laser Focus World magazine, and in C&EN (Chemical and Engineering News).


NCI provides a data repository for characterized cancer nanomaterials, the cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory (caNanoLab). Authors and readers of Theranostics are invited to learn more about the information deposited and how they can add their characterized nanomaterials data.
Office of Cancer Nanotechnology Research in NCI has publicly launched a Dialogue on Nanotechnology in Cancer public discussion forum. Readers of Theranostics are invited to participate in this dialog.