New generation cadmium-free quantum dots for biophotonics and nanomedicine

G Xu, S Zeng, B Zhang, MT Swihart, KT Yong… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes recent progress in the design and applications of cadmium-free
quantum dots (Cd-free QDs), with an emphasis on their role in biophotonics and …

Biomaterials Facilitating Dendritic Cell‐Mediated Cancer Immunotherapy

H Dong, Q Li, Y Zhang, M Ding, Z Teng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dendritic cell (DC)‐based cancer immunotherapy has exhibited remarkable clinical
prospects because DCs play a central role in initiating and regulating adaptive immune …

Recent advances on fluorescent biomarkers of near-infrared quantum dots for in vitro and in vivo imaging

S Chinnathambi, N Shirahata - Science and technology of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Luminescence probe has been broadly used for bio-imaging applications. Among them,
near-infrared (NIR) quantum dots (QDs) are more attractive due to minimal tissue …

Nanodiamonds and silicon quantum dots: ultrastable and biocompatible luminescent nanoprobes for long-term bioimaging

M Montalti, A Cantelli, G Battistelli - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescence bioimaging is a powerful, versatile, method for investigating, both in vivo and
in vitro, the complex structures and functions of living organisms in real time and space, also …

Elastic Nanovaccine Enhances Dendritic Cell‐Mediated Tumor Immunotherapy

Q Li, Z Teng, J Tao, W Shi, G Yang, Y Zhang, X Su… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanovaccine‐based immunotherapy (NBI) has the ability to initiate dendritic cell (DC)‐
mediated tumor‐specific immune responses and maintain long‐term antitumor immune …

Physical and chemical profiles of nanoparticles for lymphatic targeting

X Ke, GP Howard, H Tang, B Cheng, MT Saung… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) have been gaining prominence as delivery vehicles for modulating
immune responses to improve treatments against cancer and autoimmune diseases …

CpG oligodeoxynucleotide nanomedicines for the prophylaxis or treatment of cancers, infectious diseases, and allergies

N Hanagata - International journal of nanomedicine, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Unmethylated cytosine-guanine dinucleotide-containing oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG
ODNs), which are synthetic agonists of Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9), activate humoral and …

Silicon quantum dots for biological applications

S Chinnathambi, S Chen, S Ganesan… - Advanced healthcare …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanoparticles (or quantum dots, QDs) exhibit unique optical and electronic
properties such as size‐controlled fluorescence, high quantum yields, and stability against …

Biomimetic nanoparticle vaccines for cancer therapy

AV Kroll, Y Jiang, J Zhou, M Holay… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
It is currently understood that in order for a tumor to successfully grow, it must evolve means
of evading immune surveillance. In the past several decades, researchers have leveraged …

Nanodelivery systems for enhancing the immunostimulatory effect of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides

H Zhang, XD Gao - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017 - Elsevier
Synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides containing immunostimulatory CpG motif mimic bacterial
DNA and are potent activator of innate and adaptive immune responses. Therefore, CpG …