Advances in nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy applications: Status and challenges

J Chen, T Fan, Z Xie, Q Zeng, P Xue, T Zheng, Y Chen… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a non-invasive therapeutic modality that is alternative to
radiotherapy and chemotherapy, is extensively investigated for cancer treatments. Although …

Synthesis and biomedical applications of copper oxide nanoparticles: an expanding horizon

N Verma, N Kumar - ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 2019 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles with tunable size and desirable properties is a
foremost thrust area of the biomedical research domain. Though these features primarily rely …

Recent advances in metal nanoparticles in cancer therapy

A Sharma, AK Goyal, G Rath - Journal of drug targeting, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Metal nanoparticles (NPs) may have the potential to overcome problems related to
conventional chemotherapy. Metal NPs reported to play a beneficial and powerful role in …

[HTML][HTML] Green synthesis of Copper oxide nanoparticles decorated with graphene oxide for anticancer activity and catalytic applications

K Ganesan, VK Jothi, A Natarajan, A Rajaram… - Arabian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is an embryonic field that grips countless impacts on the drug delivery
system. Nanoparticles as haulers increase the capability of target-specific drug delivery to …

Antitumor activities of metal oxide nanoparticles

MP Vinardell, M Mitjans - Nanomaterials, 2015 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles have received much attention recently due to their use in cancer therapy.
Studies have shown that different metal oxide nanoparticles induce cytotoxicity in cancer …

Targeting autophagy using metallic nanoparticles: A promising strategy for cancer treatment

M Cordani, Á Somoza - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2019 - Springer
Despite the extensive genetic and phenotypic variations present in the different tumors, they
frequently share common metabolic alterations, such as autophagy. Autophagy is a self …

Recent advances and clinical challenges of phototherapeutic nanoparticles in cancer monotherapy or combination therapy

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, G Zhang, J Wu, L Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the past decades, phototherapy has been explored in the field of cancer treatment owing
to its advantages of high selectivity, excellent efficiency, and negligible drug resistance …

Microbes-mediated synthesis strategies of metal nanoparticles and their potential role in cancer therapeutics

AT Khalil, M Ovais, J Iqbal, A Ali, M Ayaz… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Past few years have seen a paradigm shift towards ecofriendly, green and biological
fabrication of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) for diverse nanomedicinal applications especially …

Copper nanoparticles and their oxides: optical, anticancer and antibacterial properties

M Maliki, IH Ifijen, EU Ikhuoria, EM Jonathan… - International Nano …, 2022 - Springer
The remarkable link between the strength and location of the Localized Surface Plasmon
Resonance (LSPR) peak and the size, shape, and density of Cu NPs has been validated by …

Melanoma treatment: from conventional to nanotechnology

H Mishra, PK Mishra, A Ekielski, M Jaggi… - Journal of cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Introduction Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer causing most of the skin
cancer-related deaths. The incidence of melanoma has risen so dramatically over past few …