Smart nanoparticles for cancer therapy

L Sun, H Liu, Y Ye, Y Lei, R Islam, S Tan… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Smart nanoparticles, which can respond to biological cues or be guided by them, are
emerging as a promising drug delivery platform for precise cancer treatment. The field of …

Active targeting of gold nanoparticles as cancer therapeutics

ZR Goddard, MJ Marín, DA Russell… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are of increasing interest for their unique properties and their
biocompatability, minimal toxicity, multivalency and size tunability make them exciting drug …

[HTML][HTML] Aptamer-functionalized nanoparticles in targeted delivery and cancer therapy

Z Fu, J **ang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Using nanoparticles to carry and delivery anticancer drugs holds much promise in cancer
therapy, but nanoparticles per se are lacking specificity. Active targeting, that is, using …

Magnetic (hyper) thermia or photothermia? Progressive comparison of iron oxide and gold nanoparticles heating in water, in cells, and in vivo

A Espinosa, J Kolosnjaj‐Tabi… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic hyperthermia (MHT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) are emergent state‐of‐the‐
art modalities for thermal treatment of cancer. While their mechanisms of action have distinct …

Nanotechnological approaches in prostate cancer therapy: integration of engineering and biology

M Ashrafizadeh, S Aghamiri, SC Tan, A Zarrabi… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocarriers have received special attention in biomedicine for the treatment of various
diseases, especially cancer, as one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Nanocarriers …

Strategies to improve cancer photothermal therapy mediated by nanomaterials

D de Melo‐Diogo, C Pais‐Silva… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The deployment of hyperthermia‐based treatments for cancer therapy has captured the
attention of different researchers worldwide. In particular, the application of light‐responsive …

Modern applications of plasmonic nanoparticles: from energy to health

DJ de Aberasturi, AB Serrano‐Montes… - Advanced Optical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoplasmonics is a rapidly growing field of research that opens up multiple opportunities
toward practical applications. The understanding of the extreme confinement of light at the …

Next-generation engineered nanogold for multimodal cancer therapy and imaging: a clinical perspectives

M Alle, G Sharma, SH Lee, JC Kim - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Cancer is one of the significant threats to human life. Although various latest technologies
are currently available to treat cancer, it still accounts for millions of death each year …

“Hot” in plasmonics: temperature‐related concepts and applications of metal nanostructures

C Kuppe, KR Rusimova, L Ohnoutek… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in nonlinear optics, hot electrons for renewable energy (eg, solar cells and
water‐splitting), acousto‐optics, nanometalworking, nanorobotics, steam generation, and …

Cancer cell internalization of gold nanostars impacts their photothermal efficiency in vitro and in vivo: toward a plasmonic thermal fingerprint in tumoral environment

A Espinosa, AKA Silva… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Gold nanoparticles are prime candidates for cancer thermotherapy. However, while the
ultimate target for nanoparticle‐mediated photothermal therapy is the cancer cell, heating …