Prof. Zhen Cheng

Stanford University, USA

Assistant Professor

Email: zcheng@stanford.edu

Qualifications

2001 Ph.D., University of Missouri, Chemistry

1997 M.Sc., China Institute of Atomic Energy, Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry

1990 B.Sc., Sichuan University, Chemistry

Publications (selected)

1. Miao Z, Ren G, Liu H, Qi S, Wu S, Cheng Z.* PET of EGFR Expression with an ¹⁸F-Labeled Affibody Molecule. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2012; 53(7): 1110-8.
2. Xu Y, Huang W, Gang R, Qi S, Jiang H, Miao Z, Liu H, Lucente E, Bu L, Shen B, Barron A, Cheng Z.* A Four-Arm Star-Shaped Poly(ethylene glycol) (StarPEG) Platform for Bombesin Peptide Delivery to Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptors in Prostate Cancer, ACS Macro Letters, 2012, 1; 753-757.
3. Jang ES, Shin JH, Ren G, Park MJ, Cheng K, Chen X, Wu J, Sunwoo JB^*, Cheng Z.*The manipulation of natural killer cells to target tumor sites using magnetic nanoparticles. Biomaterials. 2012; 33(22):5584-92.
4. Xu Y, Chang E, Liu H, Jiang H, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z.* Proof-of-Concept Study of Monitoring Cancer Drug Therapy with Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2012; 53(2):312-317.
5. Gao J, Chen K, Luong R, Bouley DM, Mao H, Qiao T, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z*. A Novel Clinically Translatable Fluorescent Nanoparticle for Targeted Molecular Imaging of Tumors in Living Subjects. Nano Letters. 2012; 12(1):281-6.
6. Ren G, Blum G, Verdoes M, Liu H, Syed S, Edgington LE, Gheysens O, Miao Z, Jiang H, Gambhir SS*, Bogyo M*, Cheng Z.*Non-Invasive Imaging of Cysteine Cathepsin Activity in Solid Tumors Using a ⁶⁴Cu-Labeled Activity-Based Probe. Plos One. 2011, 6(11): e28029.
7. Xu Y, Liu H, Cheng Z.* Harnessing the Power of Radionuclides for Optical Imaging: Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging.Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2011; 52(12):2009-18.
8. Miao Z, Ren G, Jiang L, Liu H, Webster JM, Zhang R, Namavari M, Gambhir SS, Syud F, Cheng Z.* A Novel ¹⁸F-Labeled 2-Helix Small Protein for PET Imaging of HER2 Positive Tumor. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.2011; 38(11):1977-84.
9. Liu S, Liu H, Jiang H, Zhang H, Cheng Z.* One-Step Radiosynthesis of ¹⁸F-AlF-NOTA-RGD₂ for Tumor Angiogenesis PET imaging. European Journal of Nuclear and Medicine Molecular Imaging. 2011; 38(9):1732-41.
10. Hoppmann S, Miao Z, Liu S, Liu H, Bao A, Cheng Z.* Radiolabeled Affibody-Human Serum Albumin Bioconjugates for HER2Positive Cancer Targeting. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2011, 22(3): 413-21.
11. Gao J, Chen K, Miao Z, Ren G, He X, Chen X, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z.* Affibody-based Nanoprobes for HER2-Expressing Cell and Tumor Imaging. Biomaterials. 2011, 32(8): 2141-2148.
12. Jiang L, Miao Z, Kimura RH, Liu HG, Cochran JR, Culter CS, Bao A, Li PY*, Cheng Z.* Preliminary Evaluation of ¹⁷⁷Lu-Labeled Knottin Peptides for Integrin Receptors-Targeted Radiotherapy. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2011, 38(4):613-22.
13. Chang E, Liu S, Gowrishankar G, Yaghoubi S, Wedgeworth JP, Chin F, Berndorff D, Gekeler V, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z.*Reproducibility Study of ¹⁸F-FP-PRGD₂ Uptake in Murine Models of Human Tumor Xenografts. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2011, 38(4):722-30.
14. Ren G, Liu S, Liu H, Miao Z, Cheng Z.* Radiofluorinated Rhenium Cyclized α-MSH Analogs for PET Imaging of Melanocortin Receptor 1. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2010, 21(12):2355-60.
15. He X, Gao J, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z.* Near-infrared fluorescent nanoprobes for cancer molecular imaging: current status and future perspectives. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 2010; 16(12):574-83.
16. He X, Wang KM, Cheng Z.* In vivo near-infrared fluorescence imaging of cancer with nanoparticles-based probes. WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. 2010, 2010: 2(4): 349-366.
17. Liu HG, Ren G, Miao Z, Zhang XF, Tang X, Han PZ, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z.* Molecular Optical Imaging with Radioactive Probes. PLoS One. 2010, 5(3): e9470.
18. Miao Z, Ren G, Liu H, Jiang L, Cheng Z.* Small-Animal PET Imaging of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 1 Positive Tumor with a ⁶⁴Cu Labeled Affibody Protein. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2010, 21(5): 947-54.
19. Liu H, Zhang X, Xing B, Han P, Gambhir SS, Cheng Z.* Radiation Luminescence Excited Quantum Dots for In VivoMultiplexed Optical Imaging. Small. 2010, 6(10); 1087-1091.
20. Jiang L, Kimura RH, Miao Z, Silverman AP, Ren G, Liu HG, Li, P, Gambhir SS, Cochran JR, Cheng Z.* Evaluation of a ⁶⁴Cu-labeled cystine-knot peptide based on Agouti-Related protein for PET of tumors expressing α_vβ₃ integrin. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2010, 51(2): 251-258.

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