Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Bioinspired lipoproteins-mediated photothermia remodels tumor stroma to improve cancer cell accessibility of second nanoparticles

  • Tao Tan,
  • Haiyan Hu,
  • Hong Wang,
  • Jie Li,
  • Zhiwan Wang,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Siling Wang,
  • Zhiwen Zhang,
  • Yaping Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11235-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The stromal cells and extracellular matrix hamper nanoparticle access to cancer cells and their anti-cancer efficacy. Here, the authors report a bioinspired lipoprotein (bLP) for photothermal remodelling of tumour stroma and show this to improve subsequent bLP accessibility to cancer cells.