| AxV | Annexin V |
| DiI | Hexamethylindodicarbocyanine iodide dye |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| EDC | 1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide |
| Fe3O4 | Magnetite |
| FITC | Fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| FTIR | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-1-ethanesulfonic acid |
| Hoe | Hoechst33342 |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| IEP | Isoelectric point |
| MES | 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid |
| MP-AES | Microwave plasma atomic emission spectroscopy |
| NHS | N-Hydroxysuccinimide |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SPION | Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle |
| SPIONDex | Dextran coated SPION |
| SPIONDex−COOH | Carboxymethylated SPIONDex |
| SPIONDex−COOH−tPA | SPIONDex−COOH with covalently grafted tPA |
| SQUID | Superconducting quantum interference device |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |