Conquering the hypoxia limitation for photodynamic therapy

Y Wan, LH Fu, C Li, J Lin, P Huang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has aroused great research interest in recent years owing to its
high spatiotemporal selectivity, minimal invasiveness, and low systemic toxicity. However …

Controlled anti-cancer drug release through advanced nano-drug delivery systems: Static and dynamic targeting strategies

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Souri - Journal of controlled release, 2020 - Elsevier
Advances in nanomedicine, including early cancer detection, targeted drug delivery, and
personalized approaches to cancer treatment are on the rise. For example, targeted drug …

Advances of medical nanorobots for future cancer treatments

X Kong, P Gao, J Wang, Y Fang, KC Hwang - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Early detection and diagnosis of many cancers is very challenging. Late stage detection of a
cancer always leads to high mortality rates. It is imperative to develop novel and more …

Ultrathin‐FeOOH‐Coated MnO2 Sonosensitizers with Boosted Reactive Oxygen Species Yield and Remodeled Tumor Microenvironment for Efficient Cancer Therapy

Q Liu, L Shi, Y Liao, X Cao, X Liu, Y Yu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) typically suffers from compromised anticancer efficacy owing to
the low reactive oxygen species (ROS) yield and complicated tumor microenvironment …

Nanoparticles in tumor microenvironment remodeling and cancer immunotherapy

Q Lu, D Kou, S Lou, M Ashrafizadeh, AR Aref… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2024 - Springer
Cancer immunotherapy and vaccine development have significantly improved the fight
against cancers. Despite these advancements, challenges remain, particularly in the clinical …

Theranostic liposomes with hypoxia-activated prodrug to effectively destruct hypoxic tumors post-photodynamic therapy

L Feng, L Cheng, Z Dong, D Tao, TE Barnhart, W Cai… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a noninvasive cancer therapeutic method triggered by light,
would lead to severe tumor hypoxia after treatment. Utilizing a hypoxia-activated prodrug …

[HTML][HTML] pH-responsive polymer nanomaterials for tumor therapy

S Chu, X Shi, Y Tian, F Gao - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The complexity of the tumor microenvironment presents significant challenges to cancer
therapy, while providing opportunities for targeted drug delivery. Using characteristic signals …

Sequential ultrasound-triggered and hypoxia-sensitive nanoprodrug for cascade amplification of sonochemotherapy

F Zhuang, Q Ma, C Dong, H Xiang, Y Shen, P Sun… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hypoxia, the typical and conspicuous characteristic of most solid tumors, worsens the tumor
invasiveness and metastasis. Here, we engineered a sequential ultrasound (US)/hypoxia …

Stimulus-responsive self-assembled prodrugs in cancer therapy

X Dong, RK Brahma, C Fang, SQ Yao - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Small-molecule prodrugs have become the main toolbox to improve the unfavorable
physicochemical properties of potential therapeutic compounds in contemporary anti-cancer …

Improving cancer therapy through the nanomaterials-assisted alleviation of hypoxia

A Sahu, I Kwon, G Tae - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Hypoxia, resulting from the imbalance between oxygen supply and consumption is a critical
component of the tumor microenvironment. It has a paramount impact on cancer growth …