Powering mesoporous silica nanoparticles into bioactive nanoplatforms for antibacterial therapies: strategies and challenges

B Li, Y Liao, X Su, S Chen, X Wang, B Shen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Bacterial infection has been a major threat to worldwide human health, in particular with the
ever-increasing level of antimicrobial resistance. Given the complex microenvironment of …

Bovine serum albumin-based and dual-responsive targeted hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles for breast cancer therapy

Y Zhang, Z Ye, R He, Y Li, B Xiong, M Yi, Y Chen… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combination therapy is an effective way to alleviate the shortcoming of monotherapy and
enhances therapeutic efficacy. Herein, a distinctive hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticle …

Silicon-containing nanomedicine and biomaterials: materials chemistry, multi-dimensional design, and biomedical application

L Chen, S Zhang, Y Duan, X Song, M Chang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The invention of silica-based bioactive glass in the late 1960s has sparked significant
interest in exploring a wide range of silicon-containing biomaterials from the macroscale to …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles-based phototherapy systems for cancer treatment: Current status and clinical potential

J Li, S Wang, F Fontana, C Tapeinos, MA Shahbazi… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Remarkable progress in phototherapy has been made in recent decades, due to its non-
invasiveness and instant therapeutic efficacy. In addition, with the rapid development of …

Carbohydrate ligands-directed active tumor targeting of combinatorial chemotherapy/phototherapy-based nanomedicine: A review

MM Agwa, H Elmotasem, H Elsayed… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phototherapies or light mediated therapies, including mutually photothermal and
photodynamic therapy that encompass irradiation of the target organs with light, have been …

Reactive X (where X= O, N, S, C, Cl, Br, and I) species nanomedicine

K Wang, W Mao, X Song, M Chen, W Feng… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Reactive oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, carbonyl, chlorine, bromine, and iodine species (RXS,
where X= O, N, S, C, Cl, Br, and I) have important roles in various normal physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae-based drug delivery systems in biomedical applications

H Huang, Y Lang, S Wang, M Zhou - Engineered Regeneration, 2024 - Elsevier
Over decades of development, the modern drug delivery system continues to grapple with
numerous challenges, including drug loading inefficiencies, issues of immunogenicity, and …

[HTML][HTML] Mesoporous silicas in materials engineering: Nanodevices for bionanotechnologies

E Mazzotta, M De Santo, D Lombardo, A Leggio… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review, the most valuable opportunities offered by mesoporous silica nanoparticles in
the field of development of nanodevices for bionanotechnology applications are reviewed …

PCL/gelatin nanofibers embedded with doxorubicin-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles/silver nanoparticles as an antibacterial and anti-melanoma cancer

M Tavira, M Mousavi-Khattat, Z Shakeran… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Melanoma cancer wound healing is critical and complex and poses a significant challenge
to researchers. Drug resistance, adverse side effects, and inefficient localization of …

Boosting the tumor photothermal therapy with hollow CoSnSx-based injectable hydrogel via the sonodynamic and dual-gas therapy

L Jia, Y Wang, T Hu, C Yang, H Lin, F Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has attracted considerable attention in the field of nanomedicine
owing to its high efficiency, low invasiveness, and precise controllability. However, limited by …