Cellular toxicity and immunological effects of carbon-based nanomaterials

X Yuan, X Zhang, L Sun, Y Wei, X Wei - Particle and fibre toxicology, 2019 - Springer
Background Carbon nanomaterials are a growing family of materials featuring unique
physicochemical properties, and their widespread application is accompanied by increasing …

Carbon nanotubes in biomedical applications: factors, mechanisms, and remedies of toxicity: miniperspective

R Alshehri, AM Ilyas, A Hasan, A Arnaout… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) represent one of the most studied allotropes of carbon. The
unique physicochemical properties of CNTs make them among prime candidates for …

[HTML][HTML] Research progress on carbon materials in tumor photothermal therapy

K Qi, B Sun, S Liu, M Zhang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
At present, cancer remains one of the leading causes of human death worldwide, and
surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are still the main methods of cancer treatment …

Functionalized carbon nanotubes: biomedical applications

S Vardharajula, SZ Ali, PM Tiwari, E Eroğlu… - International journal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are emerging as novel nanomaterials for various biomedical
applications. CNTs can be used to deliver a variety of therapeutic agents, including …

Toxicity of carbon nanotubes: molecular mechanisms, signaling cascades, and remedies in biomedical applications

MA Saleemi, M Hosseini Fouladi… - Chemical Research …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the most studied allotropic form of carbon. They can be used
in various biomedical applications due to their novel physicochemical properties. In …

Nanoparticle functionalization and its potentials for molecular imaging

R Thiruppathi, S Mishra, M Ganapathy… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Functionalization enhances the properties and characteristics of nanoparticles through
surface modification, and enables them to play a major role in the field of medicine. In …

Targeted drug delivery to macrophages

NK Jain, V Mishra, NK Mehra - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Targeted drug delivery to the macrophages appears to be an attractive
proposition to improve therapeutic efficacy of enclosed drug. Thus, macrophages can be …

Nanocaged platforms: modification, drug delivery and nanotoxicity. Opening synthetic cages to release the tiger

PS Zangabad, M Karimi, F Mehdizadeh, H Malekzad… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocages (NCs) have emerged as a new class of drug-carriers, with a wide range of
possibilities in multi-modality medical treatments and theranostics. Nanocages can …

Functionalization of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems and its influence in cancer therapy

TA Seidu, PT Kutoka, DO Asante, MA Farooq… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Research into the application of nanocarriers in the delivery of cancer-fighting drugs has
been a promising research area for decades. On the other hand, their cytotoxic effects on …

Impact of carbon nanotubes and graphene on immune cells

M Orecchioni, D Bedognetti, F Sgarrella… - Journal of translational …, 2014 - Springer
It has been recently proposed that nanomaterials, alone or in concert with their specific
biomolecular conjugates, can be used to directly modulate the immune system, therefore …