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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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Big data analytics and scRNA-seq in human aortic aneurysms and dissections: role of endothelial MerTK
Shijie Liu, Jinzi Wu, Oishani Banerjee, Bingzhong Xue, Hang Shi, Zufeng Ding
Theranostics 2025; 15(1): 202-215. doi:10.7150/thno.103851
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A H2S-activated NIR-II imaging probe for precise diagnosis and pathological evaluation of colorectal tumor
Yu Ji, Qinxian Huang, Qian Jia, Haohao Yan, Yajing Chi, Yuanyuan Jia, Chaoqiang Qiao, Yanbin Feng, Zuo Yang, Ruili Zhang, Zhongliang Wang
Theranostics 2025; 15(1): 189-201. doi:10.7150/thno.103999
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Metabolism of cancer cells and immune cells in the initiation, progression, and metastasis of cancer
Mingxia Jiang, Huapan Fang, Huayu Tian
Theranostics 2025; 15(1): 155-188. doi:10.7150/thno.103376
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18F-5-fluoro-aminosuberic acid PET/CT imaging of oxidative-stress features during the formation of DEN-induced rat hepatocellular carcinoma
Feng Xiong, Yilin Yang, Zhengru Han, Buchuan Zhang, Kijung Kwak, Pei Wang, Qiaorong Chen, Ziqiang Wang, Jingfei Yang, Xiaoyun Deng, Sijuan Zou, Zhuoli Zhang, Pengtao You, Bo Yu, Xiaohua Zhu
Theranostics 2025; 15(1): 141-154. doi:10.7150/thno.100467
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography: Technological development and applications in brain science
Luyao Yang, Pengyu Chen, Xiaofei Wen, Qingliang Zhao
Theranostics 2025; 15(1): 122-140. doi:10.7150/thno.97192
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Development of dual aptamers-functionalized c-MET PROTAC degraders for targeted therapy of osteosarcoma
Xuekun Fu, Jie Huang, Xinxin Chen, Duoli Xie, Hongzhen Chen, Zhijian Liang, Zhuqian Wang, Yiying Liang, Aiping Lu, Chao Liang
Theranostics 2025; 15(1): 103-121. doi:10.7150/thno.99588
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Editor-in-Chief:
Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen, PhD
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Congratulations! Professor Chen has been elected as a member of the Academia Europaea.



The metabolism of cancer and immune cells plays a crucial role in the initiation, progression, and metastasis of cancer. Cancer cells often undergo metabolic reprogramming to sustain their rapid growth and proliferation, along with meeting their energy demands and biosynthetic needs. Nevertheless, immune cells execute their immune response functions through the specific metabolic pathways, either to recognize, attack, and eliminate cancer cells or to promote the growth or metastasis of cancer cells. The alteration of cancer niches will impact the metabolism of both cancer and immune cells, modulating....
Rationale: The role of oxidative stress metabolism during hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) formation potentially allows for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of oxidative stress activity for early and precise HCC detection. However, there is currently limited data available on oxidative-stress-related PET imaging for longitudinal monitoring of the pathophysiological changes during HCC formation. This work aimed to explore PET-based longitudinal monitoring of oxidative stress metabolism and determine the sensitivity of [18F]-5-fluoroaminosuberic acid ([18F]FASu) for assessing pathophysiological....

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Therapeutic Potential of Feline Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Exosomes in the Treatment of Feline Idiopathic Cystitis: A Characterization and Functional Analysis of miRNA Content
Andrea Rubini, Federica Zanotti, Danilo Licastro, Giulia Calogero, Gisella Bettini, Cristiana Piccoli, Giuseppe Rubini, Luca Lovatti, Barbara Zavan
Nanotheranostics 2025; 9(1): 38-51.
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