Enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of nanoparticles for cancer treatment using versatile targeted strategies

H Tian, T Zhang, S Qin, Z Huang, L Zhou, J Shi… - Journal of hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Poor targeting of therapeutics leading to severe adverse effects on normal tissues is
considered one of the obstacles in cancer therapy. To help overcome this, nanoscale drug …

Hypoxic microenvironment in cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

Z Chen, F Han, Y Du, H Shi, W Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Having a hypoxic microenvironment is a common and salient feature of most solid tumors.
Hypoxia has a profound effect on the biological behavior and malignant phenotype of …

Tumor abnormality-oriented nanomedicine design

Q Zhou, J **ang, N Qiu, Y Wang, Y Piao, S Shao… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anticancer nanomedicines have been proven effective in mitigating the side effects of
chemotherapeutic drugs. However, challenges remain in augmenting their therapeutic …

In situ hypoxia-induced supramolecular perylene diimide radical anions in tumors for photothermal therapy with improved specificity

H Wang, KF Xue, Y Yang, H Hu, JF Xu… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Considering that hypoxia is closely associated with tumor proliferation, invasion, metastasis,
and drug resistance, it is of great significance to overcome hypoxia in tumor treatment …

Advances and perspectives in organic sonosensitizers for sonodynamic therapy

X **ng, S Zhao, T Xu, L Huang, Y Zhang, M Lan… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT), which involves a combination of low-intensity ultrasound (US)
and a chemical sonosensitizer, has emerged as a promising minimally invasive and …

Emerging strategies in stimuli-responsive prodrug nanosystems for cancer therapy

C Ding, C Chen, X Zeng, H Chen, Y Zhao - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Prodrugs are chemically modified drug molecules that are inactive before administration.
After administration, they are converted in situ to parent drugs and induce the mechanism of …

A cascade nanozyme with amplified sonodynamic therapeutic effects through comodulation of hypoxia and immunosuppression against cancer

N Tao, H Li, L Deng, S Zhao, J Ouyang, M Wen… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The tumor microenvironment (TME) featured by immunosuppression and hypoxia is pivotal
to cancer deterioration and metastasis. Thus, regulating the TME to improve cancer cell …

Stilbenes: Source plants, chemistry, biosynthesis, pharmacology, application and problems related to their clinical Application-A comprehensive review

T Teka, L Zhang, X Ge, Y Li, L Han, X Yan - Phytochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Stilbenes are some of the important phenolic compounds originating from plant families like
Vitaceae, Leguminaceae, Gnetaceae, and Dipterocarpaceae. Structurally, they have a C6 …

A self-charging salt water battery for antitumor therapy

J Huang, P Yu, M Liao, X Dong, J Xu, J Ming, D Bin… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Implantable devices on the tumor tissue as a local treatment are able to work in situ, which
minimizes systemic toxicities and adverse effects. Here, we demonstrated an implantable …

Recent advances in engineered materials for immunotherapy‐involved combination cancer therapy

JL Liang, GF Luo, WH Chen, XZ Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy that can activate immunity or enhance the immunogenicity of tumors has
emerged as one of the most effective methods for cancer therapy. Nevertheless, single …