2015•RSC AdvancesRequires access

Self-assembled chitosan/rose bengal derivative nanoparticles for targeted sonodynamic therapy: preparation and tumor accumulation

Yu Gao, Zhihong Li, Chaoqun Wang, Jiali You, Biyu Jin, Fan Mo, Jianzhong Chen, Yunquan Zheng, Haijun Chen

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Self-assembled chitosan/rose bengal derivative nanoparticles were developed as a new formulation for rose bengal which has the ability to passively target tumor tissue followed by efficient transport into tumor cells for sonodynamic therapy.

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Key concepts: Rose bengal, Sonodynamic therapy, Chitosan, Derivative (finance), BENGAL, Rose (mathematics), Nanoparticle, Tumor cells