Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Theranostic near-infrared-IIb emitting nanoprobes for promoting immunogenic radiotherapy and abscopal effects against cancer metastasis

  • Hao Li,
  • Meng Wang,
  • Biao Huang,
  • Su-Wen Zhu,
  • Jun-Jie Zhou,
  • De-Run Chen,
  • Ran Cui,
  • Mingxi Zhang,
  • Zhi-Jun Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27485-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Hypoxia and immunosuppression contribute to tumor resistance to radiotherapy (RT). Here the authors design a nanoprobe based on NIR-IIb emitting quantum dots for image-guided RT and modified with catalase to relieve hypoxia in the tumor microenvironment, enhancing the precision and efficacy of RT and promoting anti-tumor immune responses.