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COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
Volume 320, Issue -, Pages 100-117Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.04.004
Keywords
Near-infrared light; Drug delivery systems; Cancer treatment
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- National Basic Research Programs of China (973 Program) [2012CB932600]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51222203, 51132006]
- Jiangsu Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [BK20130005]
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon Based Functional Materials Devices
- Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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Owning to its excellent tissue penetration capacity, near-infrared (NIR)-light has attracted intensive research interests in nanomedicine for either direct photothermal killing of cancers or precisely controlled drug release in recent years. Unlike conventional nanoscale drug delivery systems (NDDSs), NIR-responsive NDDSs can specifically destroy cancer cells under exposure to NIR light, which in the meanwhile shows better tissue penetration compared to visible or UV light with shorter wavelengths. To date, a great number of NIR-light responsive drug delivery systems, by utilizing NIR-light induced photothermal effect, two -photon excitation (TPE), or upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), have been successfully fabricated and shown promising treatment outcomes in preclinical experiments. Moreover, by combining with other therapeutic modalities (e.g. chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, gene therapy), such NIR-light responsive NDDSs may offer promising synergistic effects in cancer treatment. In this review, we will introduce different types of NIR-light responsive systems and the latest progresses in their applications for cancer therapy. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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