Comprehensive review on ultrasound-responsive theranostic nanomaterials: mechanisms, structures and medical applications.

ABSTRACT: The field of theranostics has been rapidly growing in recent years and nanotechnology has played a major role in this growth. Nanomaterials can be constructed to respond to a variety of different stimuli which can be internal (enzyme activity, redox potential, pH changes, temperature changes) or external (light, heat, magnetic fields, ultrasound). Theranostic nanomaterials can respond by producing an imaging signal and/or a therapeutic effect, which frequently involves cell death. Since ultrasound (US) is already well established as a clinical imaging modality, it is attractive to combine it with rationally designed nanoparticles for theranostics. The mechanisms of US interactions include cavitation microbubbles (MBs), acoustic droplet vaporization, acoustic radiation force, localized ther

SUBMITTER: Tehrani Fateh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8372309 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature