Covalently assembled NIR nanoplatform for simultaneous fluorescence imaging and photodynamic therapy of cancer cells

K Liu, X Liu, Q Zeng, Y Zhang, L Tu, T Liu, X Kong… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A highly efficient multifunctional nanoplatform for simultaneous upconversion luminescence
(UCL) imaging and photodynamic therapy has been developed on the basis of selective …

Small molecule-drug conjugates: A novel strategy for cancer-targeted treatment

C Zhuang, X Guan, H Ma, H Cong, W Zhang… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Targeted therapy has become an effective strategy of precision medicine for improving
cancer treatment. Selectivity improvement is always popular in modern oncology because of …

Ginsenosides emerging as both bifunctional drugs and nanocarriers for enhanced antitumor therapies

H Wang, Y Zheng, Q Sun, Z Zhang, M Zhao… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Ginsenosides, the main components isolated from Panax ginseng, can play a therapeutic
role by inducing tumor cell apoptosis and reducing proliferation, invasion, metastasis; by …

Targeted delivery of proapoptotic peptides to tumor-associated macrophages improves survival

M Cieslewicz, J Tang, JL Yu, H Cao… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Most current cancer therapies focus on killing malignant cells, but these cells are often
genetically unstable and can become resistant to chemotherapy. Tumor-associated …

Nanotherapeutics relieve rheumatoid arthritis

M Yang, X Feng, J Ding, F Chang, X Chen - Journal of Controlled Release, 2017 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease associated with
persistent multiarticular synovitis, cartilage destruction, and even loss of joint function …

Receptor-targeted nanocarriers for therapeutic delivery to cancer

BO Yu, HC Tai, W Xue, LJ Lee… - Molecular membrane …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Efficient and site-specific delivery of therapeutic drugs is a critical challenge in clinical
treatment of cancer. Nano-sized carriers such as liposomes, micelles, and polymeric …

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles conjugated with folic acid for dual target-specific drug delivery and MRI in cancer theranostics

Y Huang, K Mao, B Zhang, Y Zhao - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017 - Elsevier
Monodispersed SPIONs (superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles) co-coated with PEG
and PEI polymers were prepared by an improved polyol method. To accomplish cancer …

Extracellularly activated nanocarriers: a new paradigm of tumor targeted drug delivery

E Gullotti, Y Yeo - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2009 - ACS Publications
One of the main goals of nanomedicine is to develop a nanocarrier that can selectively
deliver anticancer drugs to the targeted tumors. Extensive efforts have resulted in several …

Recent strategies towards the surface modification of liposomes: an innovative approach for different clinical applications

AA Khan, KS Allemailem, SA Almatroodi, A Almatroudi… - 3 Biotech, 2020 - Springer
Liposomes are very useful biocompatible tools used in diverse scientific disciplines,
employed for the vehiculation and delivery of lipophilic, ampiphilic or hydrophilic …

Peptide ligand-mediated targeted drug delivery of nanomedicines

Z Jiang, J Guan, J Qian, C Zhan - Biomaterials science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted drug delivery is emerging as a promising strategy to achieve better clinical
outcomes. Actively targeted drug delivery that utilizes overexpressed receptors or antigens …