Shivanand H. Nannuri, Ajinkya N. Nikam, Abhijeet Pandey, Srinivas Mutalik and Sajan D. George* Pages 690 - 710 ( 21 )
The advances in the synthesis of nanoparticles with engineered properties are reported to have profound applications in oncological disease detection via optical and multimodal imaging and therapy. Among the various nanoparticle-assisted imaging techniques, engineered fluorescent nanoparticles show great promise from high contrast images and localized therapeutic applications. Of all the fluorescent nanoparticles available, the gold nanoparticles, carbon dots, and upconversion nanoparticles are emerging recently as the most promising candidates for diagnosis, treatment, and cancer monitoring. This review addresses the recent progress in engineering the properties of these emerging nanoparticles and their application for cancer diagnosis and therapy. In addition, the potential of these particles for subcellular imaging is also reviewed here.
Fluorescent nanoparticles, plasmonic nanoparticles, carbon dots, upconversion nanoparticles, theranostics, subcellular imaging, cancer diagnosis.
Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, Karnataka State, Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, Karnataka State, Department of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, Karnataka State, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka