[HTML][HTML] Doxorubicin loaded polymeric gold nanoparticles targeted to human folate receptor upon laser photothermal therapy potentiates chemotherapy in breast …

H Banu, DK Sethi, A Edgar, A Sheriff, N Rayees… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The current research focuses on the application of folate conjugated and doxorubicin loaded
polymeric gold nanoparticles (GNPs) for the targeted treatment of folate receptor …

Implantable hydrogel embedded dark-gold nanoswitch as a theranostic probe to sense and overcome cancer multidrug resistance

J Conde, N Oliva, N Artzi - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells is a substantial limitation to the success of
chemotherapy. Here, we describe facile means to overcome resistance by silencing the …

Gold and silver nanoparticles for applications in theranostics

P Di Pietro, G Strano, L Zuccarello… - Current topics in …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Noble metal nanomaterials, such as gold or silver nanoparticles, exhibit unique photonic,
electronic, catalytic and therapeutic properties. The high versatility in their synthesis …

Nanostructured magnetic nanocomposites as MRI contrast agents

E Peng, F Wang, JM Xue - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an integral part of modern clinical imaging
due to its non-invasiveness and versatility in providing tissue and organ images with high …

X-ray sensitive high-Z metal nanocrystals for cancer imaging and therapy

L Zheng, R Zhu, L Chen, Q Fu, J Li, C Chen, J Song… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Radiotherapy (RT) based on X-ray irradiation is a widely applied cancer treatment strategy
in the clinic. However, treating cancer based on RT alone usually results in insufficient …

Recent advances in porphyrin-based inorganic nanoparticles for cancer treatment

H Montaseri, CA Kruger, H Abrahamse - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The application of porphyrins and their derivatives have been investigated extensively over
the past years for phototherapy cancer treatment. Phototherapeutic Porphyrins have the …

Nanoparticles, nanotechnology and pulmonary nanotoxicology

AJ Ferreira, J Cemlyn-Jones, CR Cordeiro - Revista Portuguesa de …, 2013 - Elsevier
The recently emergent field of Nanotechnology involves the production and use of structures
at the nanoscale. Research at atomic, molecular or macromolecular levels, has led to new …

Multifunctional theranostic nanoparticles for biomedical cancer treatments-A comprehensive review

G Kandasamy, D Maity - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2021 - Elsevier
Modern-day search for the novel agents (their preparation and consequent implementation)
to effectively treat the cancer is mainly fuelled by the historical failure of the conventional …

Synthesis and characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe2O3, Fe3O4): a brief review

S Kumar, M Kumar, A Singh - Contemporary Physics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The iron oxides (Fe3O4, Fe2O3, and their polymorphs) with nano dimensions have many
interesting applications in various fields, like biomedical, electronics, etc. This is due to the …

Gold nanoparticle approach to the selective delivery of gene silencing in cancer—the case for combined delivery?

R Mendes, AR Fernandes, PV Baptista - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Gene therapy arises as a great promise for cancer therapeutics due to its potential to silence
genes involved in tumor development. In fact, there are some pivotal gene drivers that suffer …