Nanoparticle design strategies for enhanced anticancer therapy by exploiting the tumour microenvironment

Y Dai, C Xu, X Sun, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanovehicles can efficiently carry and deliver anticancer agents to tumour sites. Compared
with normal tissue, the tumour microenvironment has some unique properties, such as …

Boron delivery agents for neutron capture therapy of cancer

RF Barth, P Mi, W Yang - Cancer Communications, 2018 - Springer
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a binary radiotherapeutic modality based on the
nuclear capture and fission reactions that occur when the stable isotope, boron-10, is …

Active targeting schemes for nano-drug delivery systems in osteosarcoma therapeutics

P Shi, Z Cheng, K Zhao, Y Chen, A Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Osteosarcoma, the most common malignant tumor of the bone, seriously influences people's
lives and increases their economic burden. Conventional chemotherapy drugs achieve …

Nanocarriers for cancer-targeted drug delivery

P Kumari, B Ghosh, S Biswas - Journal of drug targeting, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Nanoparticles as drug delivery system have received much attention in recent years,
especially for cancer treatment. In addition to improving the pharmacokinetics of the loaded …

Molecular and functional imaging in cancer-targeted therapy: current applications and future directions

JW Bai, SQ Qiu, GJ Zhang - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted anticancer drugs block cancer cell growth by interfering with specific signaling
pathways vital to carcinogenesis and tumor growth rather than harming all rapidly dividing …

A review of NIR dyes in cancer targeting and imaging

S Luo, E Zhang, Y Su, T Cheng, C Shi - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
The development of multifunctional agents for simultaneous tumor targeting and near
infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging is expected to have significant impact on future …

Dendrimers designed for functions: from physical, photophysical, and supramolecular properties to applications in sensing, catalysis, molecular electronics, photonics …

D Astruc, E Boisselier, C Ornelas - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Dendrimers Designed for Functions: From Physical, Photophysical, and Supramolecular
Properties to Applications in Sensing, Catalysis, Molecular Electronics, Photonics, and …

Boron agents for neutron capture therapy

K Hu, Z Yang, L Zhang, L Xie, L Wang, H Xu… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a potential cancer radiotherapeutic modality,
which takes advantage of the neutron capture response that occurs when boron (10 B) is …

Nanomaterials: applications in cancer imaging and therapy

JA Barreto, W O'Malley, M Kubeil, B Graham… - Advanced …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The application of nanomaterials (NMs) in biomedicine is increasing rapidly and offers
excellent prospects for the development of new non‐invasive strategies for the diagnosis …

Boron science

NS Hosmane - New technologies and applications, 2011 - api.taylorfrancis.com
What is boron? The question itself may not seem very significant to many people. Their
introduction to the word “boron” could come as the butt of a joke. Conan O'Brien made jokes …