Abstract
Traditional therapy for cancer is subject to some evident obstacles, including low effectiveness, resistance, systemic complication, etc. Gold nanostructures responsive to near-infrared (NIR) light are attractive for non-invasive and targeted therapy because of their unique physical properties especially strong absorption and scattering, and high surface area-to-volume ratio as well as the ease of which their surface chemistry can be manipulated to enhance biocompatibility surface modification and functionalization. In this Review, the progress of photothermal therapy (PTT) as well as the targeted delivery of anticancer agents as the predominant applications of gold nanostructures is detailed, with a focus on imaging-guided therapy and optimizing operational parameters. The NIR light-controlled targeted delivery and/or photothermal ablation of gold nanostructures in the treatment of metastasis are also briefly discussed. These gold nanostructures pave the way for developing better therapeutic strategies of cancer.
Keywords: Cancer therapy, drug delivery system, gold nanostructures, imaging-guided therapy, metastasis, Near-infrared (NIR) light, photothermal therapy (PTT).
Current Cancer Drug Targets
Title:Near-infrared Light Activatable Multimodal Gold Nanostructures Platform: An Emerging Paradigm for Cancer Therapy
Volume: 15 Issue: 5
Author(s): Yaping Jiang, Wei Fei, Xiao Cen, Yaling Tang and Xinhua Liang
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Keywords: Cancer therapy, drug delivery system, gold nanostructures, imaging-guided therapy, metastasis, Near-infrared (NIR) light, photothermal therapy (PTT).
Abstract: Traditional therapy for cancer is subject to some evident obstacles, including low effectiveness, resistance, systemic complication, etc. Gold nanostructures responsive to near-infrared (NIR) light are attractive for non-invasive and targeted therapy because of their unique physical properties especially strong absorption and scattering, and high surface area-to-volume ratio as well as the ease of which their surface chemistry can be manipulated to enhance biocompatibility surface modification and functionalization. In this Review, the progress of photothermal therapy (PTT) as well as the targeted delivery of anticancer agents as the predominant applications of gold nanostructures is detailed, with a focus on imaging-guided therapy and optimizing operational parameters. The NIR light-controlled targeted delivery and/or photothermal ablation of gold nanostructures in the treatment of metastasis are also briefly discussed. These gold nanostructures pave the way for developing better therapeutic strategies of cancer.
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Jiang Yaping, Fei Wei, Cen Xiao, Tang Yaling and Liang Xinhua, Near-infrared Light Activatable Multimodal Gold Nanostructures Platform: An Emerging Paradigm for Cancer Therapy, Current Cancer Drug Targets 2015; 15 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568009615666150407125333
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568009615666150407125333 |
Print ISSN 1568-0096 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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