Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Generic synthesis of small-sized hollow mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles for oxygen-independent X-ray-activated synergistic therapy

  • Wenpei Fan,
  • Nan Lu,
  • Zheyu Shen,
  • Wei Tang,
  • Bo Shen,
  • Zhaowen Cui,
  • Lingling Shan,
  • Zhen Yang,
  • Zhantong Wang,
  • Orit Jacobson,
  • Zijian Zhou,
  • Yijing Liu,
  • Ping Hu,
  • Weijing Yang,
  • Jibin Song,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Liwen Zhang,
  • Niveen M. Khashab,
  • Maria A. Aronova,
  • Guangming Lu,
  • Xiaoyuan Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09158-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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A common failure of many cancer treatments is attributed to the resistance imparted by tumour hypoxia. Here, the authors report on the generic synthesis of small-sized hollow mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles which are designed for oxygen-independent X-ray-activated synergistic therapy.