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- Title
Noble Metal Nanoparticle-Based Photothermal Therapy: Development and Application in Effective Cancer Therapy.
- Authors
Yu, Shujie; Xia, Guoyu; Yang, Nan; Yuan, Longlong; Li, Jianmin; Wang, Qingluo; Li, Dingyang; Ding, Lijun; Fan, Zhongxiong; Li, Jinyao
- Abstract
Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising cancer therapy modality with significant advantages such as precise targeting, convenient drug delivery, better efficacy, and minimal adverse effects. Photothermal therapy effectively absorbs the photothermal transducers in the near-infrared region (NIR), which induces the photothermal effect to work. Although PTT has a better role in tumor therapy, it also suffers from low photothermal conversion efficiency, biosafety, and incomplete tumor elimination. Therefore, the use of nanomaterials themselves as photosensitizers, the targeted modification of nanomaterials to improve targeting efficiency, or the combined use of nanomaterials with other therapies can improve the therapeutic effects and reduce side effects. Notably, noble metal nanomaterials have attracted much attention in PTT because they have strong surface plasmon resonance and an effective absorbance light at specific near-infrared wavelengths. Therefore, they can be used as excellent photosensitizers to mediate photothermal conversion and improve its efficiency. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the key role played by noble metal nanomaterials in tumor photothermal therapy. It also describes the major challenges encountered during the implementation of photothermal therapy.
- Subjects
PRECIOUS metals; CANCER treatment; SURFACE plasmon resonance; PHOTOTHERMAL effect; PHOTOTHERMAL conversion
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 11, p5632
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms25115632