Development of smart optical nanoagents for cancer immunotheranostics

• Main Author: Xu, Cheng
• Other Authors: Pu Kanyi
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Chemistry; Engineering; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Molecular imaging; Photothermal therapy; Cancer; Afterglow imaging
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179290
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cancer is a complicated and dynamic system composed of tumor cells and stromal cells. These cells crosstalk with each other, which impacts the tumor progression and antitumor therapeutic responses. Tumor immunotherapy, a regimen that uses exogenous immunomodulatory agents to activate endogenous stro...