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Multifunctional nanoparticle for cancer therapy

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MedComm, 2023, 4
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Engineering nanotheranostic strategies for liver cancer

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Hollow Mesoporous DOX@TiO2@PDA@HA for Collaborative Chemotherapy and Photothermal Therapy

Nian Wu, Fang Xiang Song, Bing Liu, Meng Lan Chen, Xiao Qin Cai, Hong Huan Luo and Yan Li

ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8
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Engineering programmable nanobiomaterials (PNBMs) for cancer nanotherapy

Jinghui Wang, Jiaxin Hou, Hangjie Lu, Sule Bai, Yu Chen, Wanting Yang, Shuo Wang, Guofeng Li, Yen Wei, Xing Wang and Wensheng Xie

MedMat, 2025, 2, 1
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Organic mesoporous silica with variable structures for pH-Stimulated antitumor drug delivery

Nian Wu, Xian Zeng, Bing Liu, Fang Xiang Song, Meng Lan Chen, Xiao Qin Cai, Hong Huan Luo and Yan Li

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2023, 80, 104102
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LncRNA FAM13A-AS1, transcriptionally regulated by PHOX2B, modulates hepatocellular carcinoma chemoresistance via stabilizing PPARγ

Daowen Ye, Jun Ma, Tingdong Yu, Fengming Ran and Yong Zha

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Multi-drug sequential release systems: Construction and application for synergistic tumor treatment

Boyuan Yang, Huijuan Liang, Jiahao Xu, Yanchi Liu, Sha Ma, Yuqiu Li and Chengxiao Wang

International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2025, 670, 125156
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Image-guided drug delivery in nanosystem-based cancer therapies

Marjolein I. Priester and Timo L.M. ten Hagen

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Recent advances in hepatocellular carcinoma therapeutic strategies and imaging-guided treatment

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Nanomaterial-based sensitization for thermal ablation therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma: current status, prospects, and challenges

Haiyan Jiang, Mingzhu Lv, Shan He, Yani Hui, Chuan Zhang, Hanfeng Yang, Yuan Yong and Bing Li

J Nanopart Res, 2026, 28
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Dual-Drug Delivery by Anisotropic and Uniform Hybrid Nanostructures: A Comparative Study of the Function and Substrate–Drug Interaction Properties

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Pharmaceutics, 2023, 15, 1214
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The influence of the size of a one-faced metallic head in Janus nanoparticles as a co-catalyst on the photocatalytic efficiency of hydrogen evolution under vis light irradiation

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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, 48, 28034
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Construction and Mechanism of Janus Nano-Graphite Reinforced Foam Gel System for Plugging Steam in Heavy Oil Reservoirs

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Gels, 2024, 10, 721
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Adhesion-Shielding based synthesis of interfacially active magnetic Janus nanoparticles

Fan Yang, Xiao He, Wen Tan, Gang Liu, Tingting Yi, Qingye Lu, Xiaoting Wei, Hanjie Xie, Qiurong Long, GuiChao Wang, Chuanfei Guo, Erica Pensini, Zhouguang Lu, Qingxia Liu and Zhenghe Xu

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022, 607, 1741
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Design of sodium lanthanide fluoride nanocrystals for NIR imaging and targeted therapy

Yu Min, Xin Ding, Bing Yu, Youqing Shen and Hailin Cong

Materials Today Chemistry, 2023, 27, 101335
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Photonic Crystal Effects on Upconversion Enhancement of LiErF4:0.5%Tm3+@LiYF4 for Noncontact Cholesterol Detection

Ling Zhang, Songtao Hu, Yang Lu, Bin Jiang, Xiaomin Liu, Xiaodan Li, Xu Zhao, Xu Yan, Chenguang Wang, Xiaoteng Jia, Fengmin Liu, Biao Dong and Geyu Lu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 428
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Upconverting/magnetic Janus-like nanoparticles integrated into spiropyran micelle-like nanocarriers for NIR light- and pH- responsive drug delivery, photothermal therapy and biomedical imaging

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MiRNAs in cancers and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system: Implications for chemoradiotherapy resistance

Ming Li, Chunhua Wang, Hengrui Liu, Zhijie Xu and Ying Liu

J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst, 2025, 26
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Donafenib inhibits PARP1 expression and induces DNA damage, in combination with PARP1 inhibitors promotes apoptosis in liver cancer cells

Jiuliang Jiang, Pingping Yang, Xinyu Xu, Huixiong Yuan and Haitao Zhu

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Enhanced foam fractionation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) from water using amphiphilic Janus SiO2 nanoparticles

Nan Hu, Zhirong Zhang, Qi Wang, Yanfei Li, Yazhu Pei and Zhijun Zhang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 499, 155829
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