Tumor-Targeting Glycol Chitosan Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Surgery of Rabbit Orthotopic VX2 Lung Cancer

• Main Authors: Kyeong Cheol On (Author), Jiyun Rho (Author), Hong Yeol Yoon (Author), Hyeyoun Chang (Author), Ji Young Yhee (Author), Jun Sik Yoon (Author), Seo Young Jeong (Author), Hyun Koo Kim (Author), Kwangmeyung Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Theranostic nanoparticles can deliver therapeutic agents as well as diverse imaging agents to tumors. The enhanced permeation and retention (EPR) effect is regarded as a crucial mechanism for the tumor-targeted delivery of nanoparticles. Although a large number of studies of the EPR effect of theran...