Rational design of biomaterials to potentiate cancer thermal therapy

Y Zhu, Q Li, C Wang, Y Hao, N Yang, M Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer thermal therapy, also known as hyperthermia therapy, has long been exploited to
eradicate mass lesions that are now defined as cancer. With the development of …

Near-infrared photoactivated nanomedicines for photothermal synergistic cancer therapy

H Sun, Q Zhang, J Li, S Peng, X Wang, R Cai - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Cancer nanomedicines have provided promising treatment strategies for the regression of
several types of cancer, although there still exists a need for significant advances to improve …

Hydrogels in the clinic

A Mandal, JR Clegg, AC Anselmo… - Bioengineering & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Injectable hydrogels are one of the most widely investigated and versatile technologies for
drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Hydrogels' versatility arises from their …

ATP‐responsive smart hydrogel releasing immune adjuvant synchronized with repeated chemotherapy or radiotherapy to boost antitumor immunity

L Sun, F Shen, L Tian, H Tao, Z Xiong, J Xu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Certain chemotherapeutics and forms of ionizing radiation can induce immunogenic cell
death (ICD). If there simultaneously exist immune adjuvants within the tumor, such antitumor …

Injectable tissue-adhesive hydrogel for photothermal/chemodynamic synergistic antibacterial and wound healing promotion

H Huang, Y Su, C Wang, B Lei, X Song… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It is an exigent need for the development of hydrogel dressings with desirable injectability,
good adhesive, antibacterial, and wound healing promotion properties. Herein, the …

Nanoarchitecture-integrated hydrogel systems toward therapeutic applications

H Zhu, J Zheng, XY Oh, CY Chan, BQL Low, JQ Tor… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels, as one of the most feasible soft biomaterials, have gained considerable attention
in therapeutic applications by virtue of their tunable properties including superior patient …

Development of nanotechnology-mediated precision radiotherapy for anti-metastasis and radioprotection

Y Pan, W Tang, W Fan, J Zhang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Radiotherapy (RT), including external beam RT and internal radiation therapy, uses high-
energy ionizing radiation to kill tumor cells. However, ionizing radiation inevitably damages …

Light‐triggered in situ gelation to enable robust photodynamic‐immunotherapy by repeated stimulations

Z Meng, X Zhou, J Xu, X Han, Z Dong… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown the potential of triggering systemic antitumor
immune responses. However, while the oxygen‐deficient hypoxic tumor microenvironment …

Advances in Injectable and Self‐healing Polysaccharide Hydrogel Based on the Schiff Base Reaction

C Mo, L Xiang, Y Chen - Macromolecular rapid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Injectable hydrogel possesses great application potential in disease treatment and tissue
engineering, but damage to gel often occurs due to the squeezing pressure from injection …

Current trends in smart mesoporous silica-based nanovehicles for photoactivated cancer therapy

K Wang, J Lu, J Li, Y Gao, Y Mao, Q Zhao… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photoactivated therapeutic strategies (photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy),
due to the adjusted therapeutic area, time and light dosage, have prevailed for the fight …