Gold nanoclusters: imaging, therapy, and theranostic roles in biomedical applications

SM van de Looij, ER Hebels, M Viola… - Bioconjugate …, 2021 - ACS Publications
For the past two decades, atomic gold nanoclusters (AuNCs, ultrasmall clusters of several to
100 gold atoms, having a total diameter of< 2 nm) have emerged as promising agents in the …

Delivery of drugs, proteins, and nucleic acids using inorganic nanoparticles

DC Luther, R Huang, T Jeon, X Zhang, YW Lee… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inorganic nanoparticles provide multipurpose platforms for a broad range of delivery
applications. Intrinsic nanoscopic properties provide access to unique magnetic and optical …

Gold nanoclusters for theranostic applications

Y Zheng, J Wu, H Jiang, X Wang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Gold nanoclusters, consisting of a few to several hundred Au atoms with a core size below 2
nm, have attracted worldwide attention in the biomedicine because of their supernormal …

Tumor targeting strategies of smart fluorescent nanoparticles and their applications in cancer diagnosis and treatment

J He, C Li, L Ding, Y Huang, X Yin, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Advantages such as strong signal strength, resistance to photobleaching, tunable
fluorescence emissions, high sensitivity, and biocompatibility are the driving forces for the …

Monodisperse gold nanoparticles: A review on synthesis and their application in modern medicine

MA Dheyab, AA Aziz, P Moradi Khaniabadi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are becoming increasingly popular as drug carriers due to their
unique properties such as size tenability, multivalency, low toxicity and biocompatibility …

G-quadruplex oligonucleotide AS1411 as a cancer-targeting agent: Uses and mechanisms

PJ Bates, EM Reyes-Reyes, MT Malik… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background AS1411 is a 26-mer G-rich DNA oligonucleotide that forms a variety of G-
quadruplex structures. It was identified based on its cancer-selective antiproliferative activity …

Near-Infrared II Gold Nanocluster Assemblies with Improved Luminescence and Biofate for In Vivo Ratiometric Imaging of H2S

S Li, Q Ma, C Wang, K Yang, Z Hong, Q Chen… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ultrasmall gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are emerging as promising luminescent nanoprobes
for bioimaging due to their fantastic photoluminescence (PL) and renal-clearable ability …

Boosting cancer therapy with organelle-targeted nanomaterials

P Gao, W Pan, N Li, B Tang - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019 - ACS Publications
The ultimate goal of cancer therapy is to eliminate malignant tumors while causing no
damage to normal tissues. In the past decades, numerous nanoagents have been employed …

Cell membrane cloaked nanomedicines for bio-imaging and immunotherapy of cancer: Improved pharmacokinetics, cell internalization and anticancer efficacy

Z Hussain, MA Rahim, N Jan, H Shah… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite enormous advancements in the field of oncology, the innocuous and effectual
treatment of various types of malignancies remained a colossal challenge. The conventional …

Interfacial engineering of gold nanoclusters for biomedical applications

YG Srinivasulu, Q Yao, N Goswami, J **e - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultrasmall gold nanoclusters (Au NCs), with a particle size of∼ 1 nm, have recently emerged
as a promising class of nanoparticles, due to their well-defined molecular formulae and …