Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes for in vivo bioimaging

S Li, J Wei, Q Yao, X Song, J Xie, H Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoluminescence (PL) imaging has become a fundamental tool in disease diagnosis,
therapeutic evaluation, and surgical navigation applications. However, it remains a big …

Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs): An overview of applications for improving the potential of nanotherapeutics

K Desale, K Kuche, S Jain - Biomaterials Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the field of nanotherapeutics, gaining cellular entry into the cytoplasm of the target cell
continues to be an ultimate challenge. There are many physicochemical factors such as …

Meta-analysis of cellular toxicity for cadmium-containing quantum dots

E Oh, R Liu, A Nel, KB Gemill, M Bilal, Y Cohen… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding the relationships between the physicochemical properties of engineered
nanomaterials and their toxicity is critical for environmental and health risk analysis …

Quantum dots: synthesis, bioapplications, and toxicity

A Valizadeh, H Mikaeili, M Samiei, SM Farkhani… - Nanoscale research …, 2012 - Springer
This review introduces quantum dots (QDs) and explores their properties, synthesis,
applications, delivery systems in biology, and their toxicity. QDs are one of the first …

TAT peptide-functionalized gold nanostars: enhanced intracellular delivery and efficient NIR photothermal therapy using ultralow irradiance

H Yuan, AM Fales, T Vo-Dinh - Journal of the American chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles have great potential in plasmonic photothermal therapy
(photothermolysis), but their intracellular delivery and photothermolysis efficiency have yet to …

Cell penetrating peptides: efficient vectors for delivery of nanoparticles, nanocarriers, therapeutic and diagnostic molecules

SM Farkhani, A Valizadeh, H Karami, S Mohammadi… - Peptides, 2014 - Elsevier
Efficient delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic molecules to the cells and tissues is a difficult
challenge. The cellular membrane is very effective in its role as a selectively permeable …

Surface functionalization of quantum dots for biological applications

AS Karakoti, R Shukla, R Shanker, S Singh - Advances in Colloid and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Quantum dots are a group of inorganic nanomaterials exhibiting exceptional optical and
electronic properties which impart distinct advantages over traditional fluorescent organic …

Quantum dots, lighting up the research and development of nanomedicine

Y Wang, L Chen - Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Quantum dots (QDs) have proven themselves as powerful inorganic fluorescent probes,
especially for long term, multiplexed imaging and detection. The newly developed QDs …

Nanomaterial designing strategies related to cell lysosome and their biomedical applications: A review

B Rathore, K Sunwoo, P Jangili, J Kim, JH Kim… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Lysosomes, an important organelle of eukaryotic cells, are covered with the cell membrane
and contain an array of degradative enzymes. The disrupt in lysosomal functions may lead …

Messenger nanozyme for reprogramming the microenvironment of rheumatoid arthritis

M Jia, W Ren, Y Liu, C Wang, X Zheng… - … applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dysregulation of superoxide anion (O2–) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) metabolism in the
microenvironment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drives the feedback loops of TNF-α and IL-1β …