Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Polyrotaxane-based supramolecular theranostics

  • Guocan Yu,
  • Zhen Yang,
  • Xiao Fu,
  • Bryant C. Yung,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Zhengwei Mao,
  • Li Shao,
  • Bin Hua,
  • Yijing Liu,
  • Fuwu Zhang,
  • Quli Fan,
  • Sheng Wang,
  • Orit Jacobson,
  • Albert Jin,
  • Changyou Gao,
  • Xiaoying Tang,
  • Feihe Huang,
  • Xiaoyuan Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03119-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Multifunctional nanomedicine platforms are highly promising for anticancer therapy. Here, the authors design polyrotaxane-based theranostic nanoparticles that combine targeted drug delivery with photothermal behaviour to exhibit potent anti-tumour effects in vivo.