Quantum dots in biomedical applications

AM Wagner, JM Knipe, G Orive, NA Peppas - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Semiconducting nanoparticles, more commonly known as quantum dots, possess unique
size and shape dependent optoelectronic properties. In recent years, these unique …

Nanoparticle probes for the detection of cancer biomarkers, cells, and tissues by fluorescence

AB Chinen, CM Guan, JR Ferrer, SN Barnaby… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, trailing only heart
disease in incidence. Despite significant worldwide investment in research, cancer remains …

Hyaluronic acid for anticancer drug and nucleic acid delivery

F Dosio, S Arpicco, B Stella, E Fattal - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is widely used in anticancer drug delivery, since it is biocompatible,
biodegradable, non-toxic, and non-immunogenic; moreover, HA receptors are …

Engineering gold nanoparticles for molecular diagnostics and biosensing

BB Oliveira, D Ferreira, AR Fernandes… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in nanotechnology and medical science have spurred the development of
engineered nanomaterials and nanoparticles with particular focus on their applications in …

[HTML][HTML] State of the art biocompatible gold nanoparticles for cancer theragnosis

MS Kang, SY Lee, KS Kim, DW Han - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Research on cancer theragnosis with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has rapidly increased, as
AuNPs have many useful characteristics for various biomedical applications, such as …

Marine origin polysaccharides in drug delivery systems

MJ Cardoso, RR Costa, JF Mano - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Oceans are a vast source of natural substances. In them, we find various compounds with
wide biotechnological and biomedical applicabilities. The exploitation of the sea as a …

Tumor microenvironment sensitive doxorubicin delivery and release to glioma using angiopep-2 decorated gold nanoparticles

S Ruan, M Yuan, L Zhang, G Hu, J Chen, X Cun… - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Glioma is still hard to be treated due to their complex microenvironment. In this study, a gold
nanoparticle-based delivery system was developed. The system, An-PEG-DOX-AuNPs, was …

Doxorubicin-tethered responsive gold nanoparticles facilitate intracellular drug delivery for overcoming multidrug resistance in cancer cells

F Wang, YC Wang, S Dou, MH **ong, TM Sun… - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major impediment to the success of cancer chemotherapy.
Through the development of a drug delivery system that tethers doxorubicin onto the surface …

Plant-based gold nanoparticles; a comprehensive review of the decade-long research on synthesis, mechanistic aspects and diverse applications

T Khan, N Ullah, MA Khan, A Nadhman - Advances in colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The worldwide focus on research in the field of green nanotechnology has resulted in the
environmentally and biologically safe applications of a diversity of nanomaterials …

A multifunctional nanoaggregate‐based system for detection of rheumatoid arthritis via optoacoustic/NIR‐II fluorescent imaging and therapy via inhibiting JAK‐STAT …

J Chen, L Chen, Z She, F Zeng, S Wu - Aggregate, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a debilitating autoimmune disease that causes chronic pain and
serious complications, presenting a significant challenge to treat. Promising approaches for …