Targeting gold nanocages to cancer cells for photothermal destruction and drug delivery

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-587

  Cobley, Claire M ^a   Au, Leslie ^a   Chen, Jingyi ^a   Xia, Younan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Nanomedicine; Nanotechnology; Photothermal therapy

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER; GOLD DERIVATIVE; NANOCAGE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CANCER CELL; CELL DESTRUCTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOANALYSIS; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL INJURY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GOLD; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951441953     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425240903571614     Document Type: Review

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