NIR‐II responsive inorganic 2D nanomaterials for cancer photothermal therapy: recent advances and future challenges

D An, J Fu, B Zhang, N Xie, G Nie… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐invasive cancer photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising replacement for traditional
cancer treatments. The second near‐infrared region induced PTT (NIR‐II PTT, 1000–1500 …

Current trends in health-promoting potential and biomaterial applications of edible mushrooms for human wellness

A Hamza, S Ghanekar, DS Kumar - Food Bioscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Edible mushrooms are ubiquitous around the world due to their enormous health benefits.
Mushrooms have been used as folk medicine and healthy food from ancient times but their …

Compact plasmonic blackbody for cancer theranosis in the near-infrared II window

J Zhou, Y Jiang, S Hou, PK Upputuri, D Wu, J Li… - Acs Nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
We have developed a class of blackbody materials, ie, hyperbranched Au plasmonic
blackbodies (AuPBs), of compact sizes (< 50 nm). The AuPBs were prepared in a seedless …

An insight into the nutritional and medicinal value of edible mushrooms: A natural treasury for human health

A Hamza, A Mylarapu, KV Krishna, DS Kumar - Journal of Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Edible mushrooms have been cherished worldwide because of their nutraceutical and
medicinal properties. They are recognized as the new superfood for the future due to their …

Biosustainable production of nanoparticles via mycogenesis for biotechnological applications: A critical review

S Sudheer, RG Bai, K Muthoosamy, R Tuvikene… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The demand for the green synthesis of nanoparticles has gained prominence over the
conventional chemical and physical syntheses, which often entails toxic chemicals, energy …

Mushroom-derived bioactive molecules as immunotherapeutic agents: A review

DK Patel, SD Dutta, K Ganguly, SJ Cho, KT Lim - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mushrooms with enhanced medicinal properties focus on finding such compounds that
could modulate the human body's immune systems. Mushrooms have antimicrobial …

Enriched graphitic N dopants of carbon dots as F cores mediate photothermal conversion in the NIR-II window with high efficiency

B Geng, W Shen, F Fang, H Qin, P Li, X Wang, X Li… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
We have developed the rapid synthesis of NIR–II–responsive carbon dots (NIR–II–CDs)
under microwave irradiation conditions. A close correlation between the photothermal …

Beta-d-glucan-based drug delivery system and its potential application in targeting tumor associated macrophages

Y Su, L Chen, F Yang, PCK Cheung - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Use of polysaccharides as carriers in drug delivery system is a hot topic, especially those
with specific recognition of immune cells, enabling them to be applied in targeting delivery …

Mesoporous polydopamine with built-in plasmonic core: Traceable and NIR triggered delivery of functional proteins

D Wu, J Zhou, X Chen, Y Chen, S Hou, H Qian… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Functional proteins are essential for the regulation of cellular behaviors and have found
growing therapeutic uses. However, low bioavailability of active proteins to their intracellular …

Design of gold hollow nanorods with controllable aspect ratio for multimodal imaging and combined chemo-photothermal therapy in the second near-infrared window

K Cai, W Zhang, J Zhang, H Li, H Han… - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) exhibit great potential for biological applications due to their
good biocompatibility and tunable localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties …