Applying nanotechnology to boost cancer immunotherapy by promoting immunogenic cell death

L Fu, X Ma, Y Liu, Z Xu, Z Sun - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Tumor immunotherapy, especially immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), has revolutionized the
cancer field. However, the limited response of tumors to immunotherapy is a major obstacle…

Femtosecond imaging of surface plasmon dynamics in a nanostructured silver film

A Kubo, K Onda, H Petek, Z Sun, YS Jung, HK Kim - Nano letters, 2005 - ACS Publications
Light interacting with nanostructured metals excites the collective charge density fluctuations
known as surface plasmons (SP). Through excitation of the localized SP eigenmodes …

Cancer Cell Membrane-Coated Upconversion Nanoprobes for Highly Specific Tumor Imaging.

…, B Cai, JH Xu, A Li, WF Zhang, ZJ Sun… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Cancer cell membrane-coated upconversion nanoprobes (CC-UCNPs) with immune escape
and homologous targeting capabilities are used for highly specific tumor imaging. The …

Cuproptosis: Harnessing transition metal for cancer therapy

W Wang, W Mo, Z Hang, Y Huang, H Yi, Z Sun, A Lei - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transition metal elements, such as copper, play diverse and pivotal roles in oncology. They
act as constituents of metalloenzymes involved in cellular metabolism, function as signaling …

[HTML][HTML] Turning cold tumors into hot tumors by improving T-cell infiltration

YT Liu, ZJ Sun - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immunotherapy, represented by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), has greatly improved
the clinical efficacy of malignant tumor therapy. ICI-mediated antitumor responses depend on …

Refractive transmission of light and beam shapingwith metallic nano-optic lenses

Z Sun, HK Kim - Applied Physics Letters, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We have performed finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) analysis of optical transmission
through a nanoslit array structure formed on a metal layer with tapered film thickness. The …

Exergy analysis of a 1000 MW double reheat ultra-supercritical power plant

N Si, Z Zhao, S Su, P Han, Z Sun, J Xu, X Cui… - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the performance of a 1000 MW double reheat ultra-supercritical power
plant. An exergy analysis was performed to direct the energy loss distribution of this system. …

Effects of steam and CO2 on the characteristics of chars during devolatilization in oxy-steam combustion process

J Xu, S Su, Z Sun, M Qing, Z Xiong, Y Wang, L Jiang… - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Oxy-steam combustion is considered as one of promising technologies for the next generation
oxy-fuel combustion, in which coal mainly burns in O 2 /H 2 O atmosphere. This work aims …

[HTML][HTML] Bioresponsive immune-booster-based prodrug nanogel for cancer immunotherapy

…, Y Xiao, X Shi, P Xue, Y Kang, G Liu, ZJ Sun… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
The combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy motivates a potent immune system by
triggering immunogenic cell death (ICD), showing great potential in inhibiting tumor growth …

Ferrocene‐Containing Nucleic Acid‐Based Energy‐Storage Nanoagent for Continuously Photo‐Induced Oxidative Stress Amplification

C Ji, H Li, L Zhang, P Wang, Y Lv, Z Sun… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regulation of cellular oxidative stress plays a critical role in revealing the molecular mechanisms
of cellular activities and thus is a potential strategy for tumor treatment. Optical methods …