Light‐Activated Hypoxia‐Responsive Nanocarriers for Enhanced Anticancer Therapy

Chenggen Qian, Jicheng Yu, Yulei Chen, Quanyin Hu, Xuanzhong Xiao, Wujin Sun, Chao Wang, Peijian Feng, Qun‐Dong Shen, Zhen Gu

Advanced Materials · 2016 · 469 citations · 42 references

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A light-activated hypoxia-responsive conjugated polymer-based nanocarrier is developed for efficiently producing singlet oxygen (1O2) and inducing hypoxia to promote release of its cargoes in tumor cells, leading to enhanced antitumor efficacy. This dual-responsive nanocarrier provides an innovative design guideline for enhancing traditional photodynamic therapeutic efficacy integrated with a controlled drug-release modality. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

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