Volume 33, Issue 10 p. 1101
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Cover Picture: Hyaluronic Acid-Gadolinium Complex Nanospheres as Lymphatic System-Specific Contrast Agent for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Chin. J. Chem. 10/2015)

Guangyu Wu

Guangyu Wu

Department of Radiology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China

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Huajuan Zhang

Huajuan Zhang

National Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai 200241, China

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Zufeng Zhan

Zufeng Zhan

Orthopedic Surgery, Taihe Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, China

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Qing Lu

Qing Lu

Department of Radiology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China

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Jiejun Cheng

Jiejun Cheng

Department of Radiology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China

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Jianrong Xu

Corresponding Author

Jianrong Xu

Department of Radiology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China

Jianrong Xu, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China, Tel.: 0086-021-68383258; Fax: 0086-021-563736075

Jun Zhu, National Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai 200241, China

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Jun Zhu

Corresponding Author

Jun Zhu

National Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai 200241, China

Jianrong Xu, Department of Radiology, Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China, Tel.: 0086-021-68383258; Fax: 0086-021-563736075

Jun Zhu, National Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai 200241, China

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First published: 15 October 2015

Graphical Abstract

The cover picture shows the synthesis of hyaluronic acid gadolinium complex (HA-Gd-DTPA) nanosphere from natural hyaluronic acid molecule through complexation and assembly. The nanosphere, as a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent, is specially used to the examination and diagnosis of the lymphatic system disease because the hyaluronic acid is a highly promising lymphatic targeting carrier. More details are discussed in the article by Zhu et al. on page 1153–1158.

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