Drug delivery systems based on CD44-targeted glycosaminoglycans for cancer therapy

M Li, J Sun, W Zhang, Y Zhao, S Zhang, S Zhang - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
The polysaccharide-based biomaterials hyaluronic acid (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS)
have aroused great interest for use in drug delivery systems for tumor therapy, as they have …

Synthesis and applications of carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogels

W Zhang, Y Liu, Y Xuan, S Zhang - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are basic materials widely used in various fields, especially in biological
engineering and medical imaging. Hydrogels consist of a hydrophilic three-dimensional …

Smart Porous Core–Shell Cuprous Oxide Nanocatalyst with High Biocompatibility for Acid‐Triggered Chemo/Chemodynamic Synergistic Therapy

H Wu, F Chen, C You, Y Zhang, B Sun, Q Zhu - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The rational integration of chemotherapy and hydroxyl radical (· OH)‐mediated
chemodynamic therapy (CDT) holds great potential for cancer treatment. Herein, a smart …

A pH-responsive ultrathin Cu-based nanoplatform for specific photothermal and chemodynamic synergistic therapy

T Hu, L Yan, Z Wang, W Shen, R Liang, D Yan… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Noninvasive tumor therapy requires a new generation of bionanomaterials towards sensitive
response to the unique tumor microenvironment to achieve accurate and effective treatment …

Infection microenvironment-activated core-shell nanoassemblies for photothermal/chemodynamic synergistic wound therapy and multimodal imaging

Y Qi, S Ren, J Ye, Y Tian, G Wang, S Zhang, L Du, Y Li… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of intelligent designs of new antibacterial modalities for diagnosing and
treating chronic multidrug-resistant bacterial infections is an urgent need, but achieving the …

Metallic nanoparticles as X-Ray computed tomography (CT) contrast agents: A review

N Aslan, B Ceylan, MM Koç, F Findik - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020 - Elsevier
X-ray computed tomography vastly used in both medical purposes and in the research of
biological and non-biological materials/samples. Some of the medical applications …

Polydopamine-containing nano-systems for cancer multi-mode diagnoses and therapies: A review

M Li, Y Xuan, W Zhang, S Zhang, J An - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polydopamine (PDA) has fascinating properties such as inherent biocompatibility, simple
preparation, strong near-infrared absorption, high photothermal conversion efficiency, and …

Recent progress in near-infrared photoacoustic imaging

J Du, S Yang, Y Qiao, H Lu, H Dong - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of the photoacoustic imaging (PAI) expands the application of biomolecules
bioimaging in cells, various tissues, and living body to monitor multiple physiological …

Ultrathin chalcogenide nanosheets for photoacoustic imaging-guided synergistic photothermal/gas therapy

J Wu, GR Williams, Y Zhu, T Hu, H Wang, W Zhao… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous preclinical and clinical studies have shown that using only a single therapy makes
it difficult to completely eradicate tumors and restrain cancer metastasis. To overcome this …

Metallic artifacts-free spectral computed tomography angiography based on renal clearable bismuth chelate

G Shu, L Zhao, F Li, Y Jiang, X Zhang, C Yu, J Pan… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is one of the most important diagnosis
techniques for various vascular diseases in clinic. However, metallic artifacts caused by …