An overview of active and passive targeting strategies to improve the nanocarriers efficiency to tumour sites

MF Attia, N Anton, J Wallyn, Z Omran… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives This review highlights both the physicochemical characteristics of the
nanocarriers (NCs) and the physiological features of tumour microenvironment (TME) to …

Gold nanoparticles for applications in cancer radiotherapy: Mechanisms and recent advancements

S Her, DA Jaffray, C Allen - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have emerged as novel radiosensitizers owing to their high X-
ray absorption, synthetic versatility, and unique chemical, electronic and optical properties …

Recent advances in subcellular targeted cancer therapy based on functional materials

WH Chen, GF Luo, XZ Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, diverse functional materials that take subcellular structures as therapeutic targets
are playing increasingly important roles in cancer therapy. Here, particular emphasis is …

Nanoparticles and targeted drug delivery in cancer therapy

B Bahrami, M Hojjat-Farsangi, H Mohammadi… - Immunology letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormone therapy are the main common anti-
tumor therapeutic approaches. However, the non-specific targeting of cancer cells has made …

Functionalizing nanoparticles with biological molecules: develo** chemistries that facilitate nanotechnology

KE Sapsford, WR Algar, L Berti, KB Gemmill… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
(5aR, 11bS)-4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 11b-Hexahydro-2-propyl-3-thia-5-azacyclopent-1-ena [c]
phenanthrene-9, 10-diol (A-86929): a potent and selective dopamine D1 agonist that …

The golden age: gold nanoparticles for biomedicine

EC Dreaden, AM Alkilany, X Huang… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoparticles have been used in biomedical applications since their first colloidal
syntheses more than three centuries ago. However, over the past two decades, their …

SERS tags: novel optical nanoprobes for bioanalysis

Y Wang, B Yan, L Chen - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopic
technique to detect molecules on or near the surface of plasmonic nanostructures, greatly …

Nanoparticles modified with cell-penetrating peptides: Conjugation mechanisms, physicochemical properties, and application in cancer diagnosis and therapy

I Gessner, I Neundorf - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Based on their tunable physicochemical properties and the possibility of producing cell-
specific platforms through surface modification with functional biomolecules, nanoparticles …

Strategies for the nuclear delivery of metal complexes to cancer cells

M Huynh, R Vinck, B Gibert, G Gasser - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The nucleus is an essential organelle for the function of cells. It holds most of the genetic
material and plays a crucial role in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation. Since …

Nanooncology: the future of cancer diagnosis and therapy

AS Thakor, SS Gambhir - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, there has been an unprecedented expansion in the field of nanomedicine
with the development of new nanoparticles for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer …