Small molecule–gold nanorod conjugates selectively target and induce macrophage cytotoxicity towards breast cancer cells

EC Dreaden, SC Mwakwari, LA Austin, MJ Kieffer… - Small, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Gold nanoparticles have demonstrated tremendous utility and multifunctionality for the
diagnosis and treatment of cancer.[1] Not only can these structures serve as targeted drug …

Gold nanoparticles: from nanomedicine to nanosensing

PC Chen, SC Mwakwari, AK Oyelere - … , science and applications, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Because of their photo-optical distinctiveness and biocompatibility, gold nanoparticles
(AuNPs) have proven to be powerful tools in various nanomedicinal and nanomedical …

Targeting nano drug delivery to cancer cells using tunable, multi‐layer, silver‐decorated gold nanorods

ZA Nima, AM Alwbari, V Dantuluri… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Multifunctional nanoparticles have high potential as targeting delivery vehicles for cancer
chemotherapy. In this study, silver‐decorated gold nanorods (AuNR\Ag) have been …

Engineered Macrophages: A Safe‐by‐Design Approach for the Tumor Targeting Delivery of Sub‐5 nm Gold Nanoparticles

L Xu, X Wang, R Wang, S Liu, M Xu - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasmall nanoparticles (NPs) are a promising platform for the diagnosis and therapy of
cancer, but the particles in sizes as small as several nanometers have an ability to …

Laser immunotherapy with gold nanorods causes selective killing of tumour cells

CS Rejiya, J Kumar, V Raji, M Vibin… - Pharmacological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Therapeutic approaches that exploit nanoparticles to deliver drugs selectively to cancer cells
are currently considered one of the most promising avenues in the area of cancer …

Colloidal gold nanoparticles: a novel nanoparticle platform for developing multifunctional tumor‐targeted drug delivery vectors

GF Paciotti, DGI Kingston… - Drug development …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology applied to biological problems represents an emerging field with the
potential to offer extremely sensitive diagnostics and targeted cancer therapies. However, to …

Gold nanoparticles: construction for drug delivery and application in cancer immunotherapy

H Huang, R Liu, J Yang, J Dai, S Fan, J Pi, Y Wei… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer immunotherapy is an innovative treatment strategy to enhance the ability of the
immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells. However, dose limitations, low …

Gold nanoparticles for the delivery of cancer therapeutics

DM Connor, AM Broome - Advances in Cancer Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) are very attractive and versatile nanoparticles since
they have a remarkable capacity to absorb and scatter light, convert optical energy into heat …

Doxorubicin conjugated gold nanorods: a sustained drug delivery carrier for improved anticancer therapy

R Venkatesan, A Pichaimani, K Hari… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Theranostic nanoparticles with multifunctional ability have been emerging as a new platform
for biomedical applications such as imaging, sensing and drug delivery. Despite gold …

A robust design for cellular vehicles of gold nanorods for multimodal imaging

F Ratto, S Centi, C Avigo, C Borri… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The pursuit of more selectivity in the delivery of plasmonic particles to tumors is critical
before their penetration into clinical applications as the photoacoustic imaging and the …