Glyco-functionalised quantum dots and their progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment

Jayshree Ashree, Qi Wang, Yimin Chao

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Abstract

Despite all major breakthroughs in recent years of research, we are still unsuccessful to effectively diagnose and treat cancer that has express and metastasizes. Thus, the development of a novel approach for cancer detection and treatment is crucial. Recent progress in Glyconanotechnology has allowed the use of glycans and lectins as bio-functional molecules for many biological and biomedical applications. With the known advantages of quantum dots (QDs) and versatility of carbohydrates and lectins, Glyco-functionalised QD is a new prospect in constructing biomedical imaging platform for cancer behaviour study as well as treatment. In this review, we aim to describe the current utilisation of Glyco-functionalised QDs as well as their future prospective to interpret and confront cancer.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)365–377
Number of pages13
JournalFrontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
Volume14
Issue number3
Early online date27 Sept 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2020

Keywords

  • bioimaging
  • cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • carbohydrate
  • glyco-functionalised QD
  • leptin

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