Gold nanorods: the most versatile plasmonic nanoparticles

J Zheng, X Cheng, H Zhang, X Bai, R Ai… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

Advances in nanomaterial-mediated photothermal cancer therapies: toward clinical applications

HS Han, KY Choi - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has attracted extensive research attention as a noninvasive and
selective treatment strategy for numerous cancers. PTT functions via photothermal effects …

Exploiting the dynamics of the EPR effect and strategies to improve the therapeutic effects of nanomedicines by using EPR effect enhancers

J Fang, W Islam, H Maeda - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect is a unique phenomenon of solid
tumors that is related to their particular anatomical and pathophysiological characteristics …

Engineered nanomedicines with enhanced tumor penetration

J Ding, J Chen, L Gao, Z Jiang, Y Zhang, M Li, Q Xiao… - Nano Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine has been extensively explored to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy with
modest therapeutic efficacy in the clinic, owing to various factors. A primary factor is …

Analysis of nanoparticle delivery to tumours

S Wilhelm, AJ Tavares, Q Dai, S Ohta, J Audet… - Nature reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Targeting nanoparticles to malignant tissues for improved diagnosis and therapy is a
popular concept. However, after surveying the literature from the past 10 years, only …

Gold nanoparticle‐mediated photothermal therapy: applications and opportunities for multimodal cancer treatment

RS Riley, ES Day - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal therapy (PTT), in which nanoparticles embedded within tumors generate heat
in response to exogenously applied laser light, has been well documented as an …

Understanding and advancement in gold nanoparticle targeted photothermal therapy of cancer

N Gupta, R Malviya - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present communication summarizes the importance, understanding and advancement
in the photothermal therapy of cancer using gold nanoparticles. Photothermal therapy was …

Ultrasound-Chargeable Persistent Luminescence Nanoparticles to Generate Self-Propelled Motion and Photothermal/NO Therapy for Synergistic Tumor Treatment

Z Zhang, H Yan, W Cao, S Xie, P Ran, K Wei, X Li - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer phototherapy indicates advantages in ease of manipulation, negligible drug
resistance, and spatiotemporal control but is confronted with challenges in tumor cell …

Pharmacological and physical vessel modulation strategies to improve EPR-mediated drug targeting to tumors

T Ojha, V Pathak, Y Shi, WE Hennink… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
The performance of nanomedicine formulations depends on the Enhanced Permeability and
Retention (EPR) effect. Prototypic nanomedicine-based drug delivery systems, such as …

Current understanding of passive and active targeting nanomedicines to enhance tumor accumulation

Z Chen, RK Kankala, L Long, S Xie, AZ Chen… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, tremendous advancements in nanomedicine have resulted in the rapid
development of various nanoformulations, especially the treatment of solid tumors. Despite …