1D Colloidal chains: recent progress from formation to emergent properties and applications

X Fan, A Walther - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Integrating nanoscale building blocks of low dimensionality (0D; ie, spheres) into higher
dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent …

Stimuli‐Responsive iron oxide nanotheranostics: A versatile and powerful approach for cancer therapy

ME Lorkowski, PU Atukorale… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advancements in unravelling elements of cancer biology involved in disease
progression and treatment resistance have highlighted the need for a holistic approach to …

Targeted delivery of celastrol to renal interstitial myofibroblasts using fibronectin-binding liposomes attenuates renal fibrosis and reduces systemic toxicity

R Li, Y Li, J Zhang, Q Liu, T Wu, J Zhou… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Renal fibrosis often occurs in chronic kidney disease, and effective treatment is needed.
Celastrol (CEL) may attenuate renal fibrosis, but it distributes throughout the body, leading to …

Delivery of drugs into brain tumors using multicomponent silica nanoparticles

O Turan, P Bielecki, V Perera, M Lorkowski… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Glioblastomas are highly lethal cancers defined by resistance to conventional therapies and
rapid recurrence. While new brain tumor cell-specific drugs are continuously becoming …

Encapsulation and storage of therapeutic fibrin-homing peptides using conducting polymer nanoparticles for programmed release by electrical stimulation

A Puiggalı́-Jou, LJ Del Valle… - ACS biomaterials science …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cys-Arg-Glu-Lys-Ala (CREKA) is an important fibrin-homing pentapeptide that has been
extensively demonstrated for diagnoses and therapies (eg, image diagnosis of tumors and …

Precise targeting of cancer metastasis using multi-ligand nanoparticles incorporating four different ligands

PM Peiris, F He, G Covarrubias, S Raghunathan… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Metastasis displays a highly heterogeneous cellular population with cancer cells
continuously evolving. As a result, a single-ligand nanoparticle cannot account for the …

Treatment of glioblastoma using multicomponent silica nanoparticles

O Turan, PA Bielecki, V Perera… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains highly lethal. This partially stems from the presence
of brain tumor initiating cells (BTICs), a highly plastic cellular subpopulation that is resistant …

Quantitative analysis of metastatic breast cancer in mice using deep learning on cryo-image data

Y Liu, M Gargesha, M Qutaish, Z Zhou, P Qiao… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Cryo-imaging sections and images a whole mouse and provides~ 120-GBytes of
microscopic 3D color anatomy and fluorescence images, making fully manual analysis of …

Hyperthermia-mediated changes in the tumor immune microenvironment using iron oxide nanoparticles

G Covarrubias, ME Lorkowski, HM Sims… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have often been investigated for tumor hyperthermia.
IONPs act as heating foci in the presence of an alternating magnetic field (AMF). It has been …

Preparation of novel magnetic nanoparticles as draw solutes in forward osmosis desalination

D Ma, Y Tian, T He, X Zhu - Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Novel magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), Fe 3 O 4@ SiO 2 and Fe 3 O 4@ SiO 2@
PEG-(COOH) 2, were prepared by loading different amounts of SiO 2 or/and PEG-(COOH) 2 …