Application of Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticle for Drug Delivery System.

Application of Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticle for Drug Delivery System.
Curr Drug Targets. 2017 Apr 27;:
Authors: Lee JH, Choi JW
Abstract
Various kinds of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely developed as a promising theranostic probe in biomedical fields. Particularly, colloidal gold nanoparticle (GNP) have been extensively utilized as theranostic probe for molecular imaging and drug delivery owing to their unique physiochemical properties with excellent biocompatibility. This review will outline the progress along this line and discuss about gold nanoparticle synthesis method for controlled geometry (spherical, rod and cage), surface functionalization (covalent and non-covalent) and associated in vitro/in vivo cytotoxicity as well as some of interesting diagnostic (imaging) and therapeutic (photo-thermal, drug delivery) applications.
PMID: 28460609 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Drug Targets - April 27, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Lee JH, Choi JW Tags: Curr Drug Targets Source Type: research