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SUBMITTER: Yang K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6764864 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Kuikun K Liu Yijing Y Wang Yin Y Ren Qilong Q Guo Hongyu H Matson John B JB Chen Xiaoyuan X Nie Zhihong Z
Biomaterials 20190829
This article describes a nanoplatform based on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-responsive gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for tumor-targeted photoacoustic (PA) imaging-guided photothermal therapy and drug delivery. AuNPs were grafted with complementary DNA strands, tethered with doxorubicin and coated with poly(ethylene glycol) via a thermal-labile linker and a MMP-cleavable peptide, respectively. The nanoprobes remained well-isolated in healthy tissues, but formed aggregates rapidly under MMP-abundan ...[more]