Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

A hybrid semiconducting organosilica-based O2 nanoeconomizer for on-demand synergistic photothermally boosted radiotherapy

  • Wei Tang,
  • Zhen Yang,
  • Liangcan He,
  • Liming Deng,
  • Parinaz Fathi,
  • Shoujun Zhu,
  • Ling Li,
  • Bo Shen,
  • Zhantong Wang,
  • Orit Jacobson,
  • Jibin Song,
  • Jianhua Zou,
  • Ping Hu,
  • Min Wang,
  • Jing Mu,
  • Yaya Cheng,
  • Yuanyuan Ma,
  • Longguang Tang,
  • Wenpei Fan,
  • Xiaoyuan Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20860-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Tumor hypoxia is a major limitation in radiotherapy, and strategies to address this often fail due to high oxygen consumption. Here, the authors report a nanomaterial assembly for the simultaneous reduction in mitochondrial respiration and to supply oxygen to potentiate radiotherapy.