Synthesis of different-sized gold nanostars for Raman bioimaging and photothermal therapy in cancer nanotheranostics

Hypoxia-activated NIR photosensitizer anchoring in the mitochondria for photodynamic therapy

“…In recent decades, cancer has gradually become the major cause of death in both developed and less developed countries due to the growth and aging of the population and the incidence rate is increasing every year. 1,2 Therefore, multiple treatments including radiotherapy, 3,4 chemotherapy, 5,6 immunotherapy, 7,8 photothermal therapy (PTT), 9,10 photodynamic therapy (PDT) [11][12][13][14] and so on have been developed for treating cancer. Among them, photodynamic therapy has attracted great interest due to its minimal invasiveness, negligible drug resistance, controllable treatment area selection and excellent therapeutic effects.…”

Molybdenum disulfide/graphene oxide nanocomposites show favorable lung targeting and enhanced drug loading/tumor-killing efficacy with improved biocompatibility

“…administration), [9][10][11][12] being ascribed to the formation of GO-protein complexes that were readily caught by lung capillary vessels. [13][14][15] GO's selective localization in the lung distinguishes it from other types of nanomaterials (mostly in liver and spleen), 16,17 offering a 'guided missile' to target the lung. Nonetheless, many studies have shown that under certain conditions, GO is highly 1 toxic because of its reactive surface groups.…”

Radial extracorporeal shock wave promotes the enhanced permeability and retention effect to reinforce cancer nanothermotherapeutics

“…In brief, tumor samples were digested in a solution containing 400 lL of hydrochloric acid-nitric acid (3:1) at 75°C overnight. And the digested solutions were diluted to 8 mL with the acid concentration below 5% (v:v), followed by ICP-MS analysis, as previously described [28].…”