Furin‐Instructed Intracellular Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation for Tumor Photothermal Therapy

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 30; no. 50
• Main Authors: Chen, Jihua, Ma, Yinchu, Du, Wei, Dai, Tianyue, Wang, Yanfang, Jiang, Wei, Wan, Yifei, Wang, Yucai, Liang, Gaolin, Wang, Guangfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Agglomeration; Aggregates; aggregation; Biocompatibility; Cancer; Dimers; furin; Gold; gold nanoparticles; Materials science; Nanoparticles; photothermal agents; photothermal therapies; Tumors

Today, exploring ideal photothermal agents (PTAs) for effective photothermal therapy (PTT) of cancer is an important issue. Cancer‐related enzyme‐instructed aggregation of gold nanoparticles less than 8 nm in diameter will significantly enhance the PTT efficiency of the traditional PTA gold nanopart...