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Design and application of a smart nanodevice by combining cationic drug delivery and hyperthermia for cancer apoptosis

  • Arathyram Ramachandra Kurup Sasikala
  • , Afeesh Rajan Unnithan*
  • , Chan Hee Park
  • , Cheol Sang Kim
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

Multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles have gained ample attention in the field of nanomedicine in recent years. Here, novel superparamagnetic core-shell manganese ferrite nanoparticles (MFNP)-encapsulated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSMFNPs) loaded with anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) for the combined application of hyperthermia and chemotherapy were developed and tested in vitro. Our results indicate that DOX-MSMFNPs achieved a favorable hyperthermic response in an alternating magnetic field in addition to cancer cell-specific cationic DOX release due to the cleavage of amide bonds under acidic pH, and synergistically contributed towards an enhanced tumoricidal effect.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)785-792
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry B
Volume4
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Biological Sciences

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