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Recent advances in gadolinium-based MRI metal responsive agent

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Smart magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent has the ability to increase or decrease the signal intensity through response to certain analyte. Among the growing class of responsive agent, imaging probes based on gadolinium ion are developing fast in the last decade since they play an important role in physiological and pathology process in living system. This minireview would highlight recent progress in metal responsive gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent.

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    Lei Zhang, JingJing Li & Kai Liu

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Zhang, L., Li, J. & Liu, K. Recent advances in gadolinium-based MRI metal responsive agent. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 61, 1329–1333 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-018-9315-7

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