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Women in Nanobiotechnology

New Content ItemGuest Editors: Dr Zi (Sophia) Gu (University of New South Wales, Australia),  Dr Wei Tao (Harvard Medical School, USA).

Journal of Nanobiotechnology invites submissions to a collection on Women in Nanobiotechnology.

We are proud to announce the inaugural collection featuring Women in Nanobiotechnology (WiN). Women researchers have made enormous contributions to knowledge advancement in the field of nanobiotechnology. However, it has been noted that the STEM fields, including nanobiotechnology, have remained predominantly male with low participation of women. The WiN collection aims to highlight female researchers’ achievements and their significant contributions to the nanobiotechnology field, and to encourage more women to participate in science and technology, towards gender equity and equality in the scientific community. Taking the WiN as a starting point, we hope to create a progressive, inclusive environment that encourages more women in nanobiotechnology research to lead and excel.

Submissions of original Research Article and Review papers, having corresponding authors who are women, are invited to this ongoing collection. Please submit via journal online submission system and indicate at the Additional Information stage of submission that you are submitting to the Women in Nanobiotechnology collection. All manuscripts received will be subject to editorial triage and peer review as is standard for the journal.

Articles will be published continuously in the main journal and highlighted on the collection homepage as soon as they are ready.


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  1. Breast cancer (BC) is a significant health challenge, ranking as the second leading cause of cancer-related death and the primary cause of mortality among women aged 45 to 55. Early detection is crucial for op...

    Authors: Pavithra Pradeep Prabhu, Barsha Mohanty, Cynthia Lizzie Lobo, Sri Renukadevi Balusamy, Amitha Shetty, Haribalan Perumalsamy, Manohar Mahadev, Ivan Mijakovic, Akhilesh Dubey and Priyanka Singh
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:574
  2. Bacterial extracellular vesicles (EVs) are pivotal mediators of intercellular communication and influence host cell biology, thereby contributing to the pathogenesis of infections. Despite their significance, ...

    Authors: Minjae Kang, Min Jeong Kim, Dokyung Jeong, Hyung-Jun Lim, Ga-eun Go, Uidon Jeong, Eunyoung Moon, Hee-Seok Kweon, Nae-Gyu Kang, Seung Jin Hwang, Sung Hun Youn, Bo Kyoung Hwang and Doory Kim
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:548
  3. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed structures containing lipids, proteins, and RNAs that play a crucial role in cell-to-cell communication. However, the precise mechanism through which circulat...

    Authors: Xuyang Chen, Xinyi Tao, Min Wang, Richard D. Cannon, Bingnan Chen, Xinyang Yu, Hongbo Qi, Richard Saffery, Philip N. Baker, Xiaobo Zhou, Ting-Li Han and Hua Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:509
  4. The pervasive existence of nanoplastics (NPs) and microplastics (MPs) in soil has become a worldwide environmental concern. N/MPs exist in the environment in a variety of forms, sizes, and concentrations, whil...

    Authors: Ming Zhuang, Chengkui Qiao, Lijun Han, Yingying Bi, Mengyuan Cao, Shiyu Wang, Linlin Guo, Rongli Pang and Hanzhong Xie
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:507
  5. In recent years, wearable sensor devices with exceptional portability and the ability to continuously monitor physiological signals in real time have played increasingly prominent roles in the fields of diseas...

    Authors: Ruoyao Yu, Shaoqing Feng, Qingwen Sun, Hao Xu, Qixia Jiang, Jinhong Guo, Bin Dai, Daxiang Cui and Kan Wang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:497
  6. Treatment-induced ototoxicity and accompanying hearing loss are a great concern associated with chemotherapeutic or antibiotic drug regimens. Thus, prophylactic cure or early treatment is desirable by local de...

    Authors: Neeraj S. Thakur, Iulia Rus, Aidan Herbert, Marisa Zallocchi, Brototi Chakrabarty, Aditya D. Joshi, Joshua Lomeo and Vibhuti Agrahari
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:482
  7. Current needle-based vaccination for respiratory viruses is ineffective at producing sufficient, long-lasting local immunity in the elderly. Direct pulmonary delivery to the resident local pulmonary immune cel...

    Authors: Emma R. Sudduth, Aida López Ruiz, Michael Trautmann-Rodriguez and Catherine A. Fromen
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:476
  8. Fludarabine (FA) is still considered as a first-line chemotherapy drug for hematological tumors related to B lymphocytes. However, it is worth noting that the non-specific distribution and non-different cytoto...

    Authors: Qixiong Zhang, Yuhan Tian, Yanrui Yang, Qiuying Huang, Haibo Feng, Rui Zeng and Shanshan Li
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:475
  9. On-demand dissolution of hydrogels has shown much potential in easy and pain-free removal of wound dressings. This work firstly describes a type of carbon dots (CDs) for dissolving Ca-alginate hydrogel via site-s...

    Authors: Qian Li, Chenguang Liu and Dongming Xing
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:465
  10. The female reproductive system comprises the internal and external genitalia, which communicate through intricate endocrine pathways. Besides secreting hormones that maintain the female secondary sexual charac...

    Authors: Zhi-Min Deng, Fang-Fang Dai, Rui-Qi Wang, Hong-Bing Deng, Tai-Lang Yin, Yan-Xiang Cheng and Gan-Tao Chen
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:455
  11. Small extracellular vesicles (sEV) derived from diverse natural killer (NK) cell lines have proven their exceptional antitumor activities. However, sEV from human primary NK cells, especially memory-like NK ce...

    Authors: Yinghong Shi, Yanxia Chen, Yi Wang, Dan Mo, Huisheng Ai, Jianguo Zhang, Mei Guo and Hui Qian
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:447
  12. Neurodegenerative diseases involve progressive neuronal death. Traditional treatments often struggle due to solubility, bioavailability, and crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). Nanoparticles (NPs) in biome...

    Authors: Shan He, Karam Nader, Julen Segura Abarrategi, Harbil Bediaga, Deyani Nocedo-Mena, Estefania Ascencio, Gerardo M. Casanola-Martin, Idoia Castellanos-Rubio, Maite Insausti, Bakhtiyor Rasulev, Sonia Arrasate and Humberto González-Díaz
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:435
  13. Pazopanib (PAZ), an oral multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, demonstrates promising cytostatic activities against various human cancers. However, its clinical utility is limited by substantial side effects and th...

    Authors: Zhijie Xu, Zhiyang Zhou, Xiaoxin Yang, Abhimanyu Thakur, Ning Han, Hai-Tao Li, Liu-Gen Li, Jun Hu, Tong-fei Li and Yuanliang Yan
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:429
  14. Sirolimus (SR) is a macrolide with antifungal and antitumor immunosuppressant properties, classified as a selective inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). In this study, an ionic in situ gel of SR ...

    Authors: Ye Liu, Xu Chen, Xinghao Chen, Jie Chen, Han Zhang, Haonan Xu, Lu Jin, Qiao Wang and Zhan Tang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:417
  15. Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in motor and sensory deficits, or even paralysis. Due to the role of the cascade reaction, the effect of excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the early and middle s...

    Authors: Heng Zhou, Ziwei Li, Shuili Jing, Ben Wang, Zhifei Ye, Wei Xiong, Yonghao Liu, Ye Liu, Chun Xu, Tushar Kumeria, Yan He and Qingsong Ye
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:351
  16. Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous neoplasm characterized by several subtypes. One of the most aggressive with high metastasis rates presents overexpression of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (...

    Authors: Sara Spaziani, Alessandro Esposito, Giovannina Barisciano, Giuseppe Quero, Satheeshkumar Elumalai, Manuela Leo, Vittorio Colantuoni, Maria Mangini, Marco Pisco, Lina Sabatino, Anna Chiara De Luca and Andrea Cusano
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:350
  17. The cryopreservation and transplantation of ovarian tissue underscore its paramount importance in safeguarding reproductive capacity and ameliorating reproductive disorders. However, challenges persist in ovar...

    Authors: Min Jiang, Guo-Hui Zhang, Yuan Yu, Yu-Hong Zhao, Jun Liu, Qin Zeng, Meng-Yue Feng, Fei Ye, Dong-Sheng Xiong, Li Wang, Ya-Nan Zhang, Ling Yu, Jia-Jing Wei, Li-Bing He, Weiwei Zhi, Xin-Rong Du…
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:330
  18. The non-toxic self-crosslinked hydrogel films designed from biocompatible materials allow for controlled drug release and have gathered remarkable attention from healthcare professionals as wound dressing mate...

    Authors: Garima Sharma, Jomon George Joy, Ashish Ranjan Sharma and Jin-Chul Kim
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:323
  19. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) have played a significant role in facilitating tumor immune escape and inducing an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Eliminating MDSCs and tumor cells remains a...

    Authors: Xiaojie Zhang, Qiangwei Liang, Yongjin Cao, Ting Yang, Min An, Zihan Liu, Jiayu Yang and Yanhua Liu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:319
  20. Adoptive cellular immunotherapy as a promising and alternative cancer therapy platform is critical for future clinical applications. Natural killer (NK) cells have attracted attention as an important type of i...

    Authors: Jingge Lian, Meng Li, Meng Duan, Yaqian Sun, Zilin Wang, Xinyu Guo, Jingchao Li, Guo Gao and Kangan Li
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:313
  21. Nanoplastics, are emerging pollutants, present a potential hazard to food security and human health. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (Nano-TiO2), serving as nano-fertilizer in agriculture, may be important in alle...

    Authors: Xiaoxiao Yang, Ke Feng, Guo Wang, Shifang Zhang, Juan Zhao, Xiangyang Yuan and Jianhong Ren
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:262
  22. Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by extensive loss of function or death of brain cells, hampering the life quality of patients. Brain-targeted drug delivery is challenging, with a low success rate ...

    Authors: Ricardo Moreira, Clévio Nóbrega, Luís Pereira de Almeida and Liliana Mendonça
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:260
  23. Two-dimensional ultrathin Ti3C2 (MXene) nanosheets have gained significant attention in various biomedical applications. Although previous studies have described the accumulation and associated damage of Ti3C2 na...

    Authors: Limei Yang, Zhiting He, Le Hu, Hongyu Tang, Yanqing Geng, Qiaoyan Tan, Yue Zhang, Yixian Wen, Wei Wu, Huayan Gu and Xueqing Liu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:242
  24. Development of ferroptosis-inducible nanoplatforms with high efficiency and specificity is highly needed and challenging in tumor ferrotherapy. Here, we demonstrate highly effective tumor ferrotherapy using ir...

    Authors: Panpan Xue, Huilan Zhuang, Tingjie Bai, Xuemei Zeng, Jinpeng Deng, Sijie Shao and Shuangqian Yan
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:228
  25. Despite the advent of numerous targeted therapies in clinical practice, anthracyclines, including doxorubicin (DOX), continue to play a pivotal role in breast cancer (BC) treatment. DOX directly disrupts DNA r...

    Authors: Marta Sevieri, Francesco Andreata, Francesco Mainini, Lorena Signati, Francesca Piccotti, Marta Truffi, Arianna Bonizzi, Leopoldo Sitia, Claudia Pigliacelli, Carlo Morasso, Barbara Tagliaferri, Fabio Corsi and Serena Mazzucchelli
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:184

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  26. Early-onset bone dysplasia is a common manifestation of hypophosphatasia (HPP), an autosomal inherited disease caused by ALPL mutation. ALPL ablation induces prototypical premature bone ageing characteristics,...

    Authors: Jiayi Dong, Wanmin Zhao, Jiangdong Zhao, Ji Chen, Ping Liu, Xueni Zheng, Dehua Li, Yang Xue and Hongzhi Zhou
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:172
  27. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and AXL tyrosine kinase receptor are known to be involved in the SARS-CoV-2 entry of the host cell. Therefore, targeting ACE2 and AXL should be an effective strategy to i...

    Authors: Jia-You Fang, Kuo-Yen Huang, Tong-Hong Wang, Zih-Chan Lin, Chin-Chuan Chen, Sui-Yuan Chang, En-Li Chen, Tai-Ling Chao, Shuenn-Chen Yang, Pan-Chyr Yang and Chi-Yuan Chen
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:169
  28. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) combined with antiangiogenic therapy have shown encouraging clinical benefits for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Nevertheless, t...

    Authors: Huizhen Yang, Weiwei Mu, Shijun Yuan, Han Yang, Lili Chang, Xiao Sang, Tong Gao, Shuang Liang, Xiaoqing Liu, Shunli Fu, Zipeng Zhang, Yongjun Liu and Na Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:137
  29. Traditional eye drops are administered via topical instillation. However, frequent dosing is needed due to their relatively rapid precorneal removal and low ocular bioavailability. To address these issues, ste...

    Authors: Bo Tang, Qiuxiang Wang, Guowei Zhang, Aiwen Zhang, Lu Zhu, Rongrong Zhao, Hongwei Gu, Jie Meng, Junfang Zhang and Guihua Fang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:130
  30. Wounds are one of the most common health issues, and the cost of wound care and healing has continued to increase over the past decade. In recent years, there has been growing interest in developing innovative...

    Authors: Wanqing Zou, Jing Lu, Luyong Zhang and Duanping Sun
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:113
  31. Plant-derived nanovesicles (PDNVs) are a novelty in medical and agrifood environments, with several studies exploring their functions and potential applications. Among fruits, apples (sp. Malus domestica) have gr...

    Authors: Martina Trentini, Ilaria Zanolla, Elena Tiengo, Federica Zanotti, Eduardo Sommella, Fabrizio Merciai, Pietro Campiglia, Danilo Licastro, Margherita Degasperi, Luca Lovatti, Massimo Bonora, Alberto Danese, Paolo Pinton and Barbara Zavan
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:68
  32. Coordination between osteo-/angiogenesis and the osteoimmune microenvironment is essential for effective bone repair with biomaterials. As a highly personalized and precise biomaterial suitable for repairing c...

    Authors: Shi-Yuan Yang, Yu-Ning Zhou, Xing-Ge Yu, Ze-Yu Fu, Can-Can Zhao, Yue Hu, Kai-Li Lin and Yuan-Jin Xu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:59
  33. With the immense progress in drug delivery systems (DDS) and the rise of nanotechnology, challenges such as target specificity remain. The vesicle-vector system (VVS) is a delivery system that uses lipid-based...

    Authors: Christine Ardelle Marquez, Cho-Im Oh, Gna Ahn, Woo-Ri Shin, Yang-Hoon Kim and Ji-Young Ahn
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2024 22:6
  34. Comprehensively understanding the female reproductive system is crucial for safeguarding fertility and preventing diseases concerning women's health. With the capacity to simulate the intricate physio- and pat...

    Authors: Jinfeng Yan, Tong Wu, Jinjin Zhang, Yueyue Gao, Jia-Min Wu and Shixuan Wang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:490
  35. Over the past years, the development of innovative smart wound dressings is revolutionizing wound care management and research. Specifically, in the treatment of diabetic foot wounds, three-dimensional (3D) bi...

    Authors: Letizia Ferroni, Ugo D’Amora, Chiara Gardin, Sara Leo, Luca Dalla Paola, Elena Tremoli, Alessandro Giuliani, Laura Calzà, Alfredo Ronca, Luigi Ambrosio and Barbara Zavan
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:469
  36. Chemotherapy can cause severe pain for patients, but there are currently no satisfactory methods of pain relief. Enhancing the efficacy of chemotherapy to reduce the side effects of high-dose chemotherapeutic ...

    Authors: Xin Qing, Renbin Dou, Peng Wang, Mengni Zhou, Chenchen Cao, Huiwen Zhang, Gaolin Qiu, Zhilai Yang, Jiqian Zhang, Hu Liu, Shasha Zhu and Xuesheng Liu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:462
  37. Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs) have been used for centuries for the treatment and management of various diseases. However, their effective delivery to targeted sites may be a major challenge due to their...

    Authors: Chong Qiu, Jun Zhe Zhang, Bo Wu, Cheng Chao Xu, Huan Huan Pang, Qing Chao Tu, Yu Qian Lu, Qiu Yan Guo, Fei Xia and Ji Gang Wang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:456
  38. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic condition of the central nervous system that causes paralysis of the limbs. Micro electric fields (EF) have been implicated in a novel therapeutic approach for nerve inj...

    Authors: Kewei Li, Zhong Liu, Peipei Wu, Shenyuan Chen, Min Wang, Wenhui Liu, Leilei Zhang, Song Guo, Yanbin Liu, Pengcheng Liu, Beiting Zhang, Lin Tao, Hua Ding, Hui Qian and Qiang Fu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:451
  39. Immune therapy that targets PD-L1 (programmed cell death-ligand 1) is attractive to augment immune response by breaking the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/PD-L1 axis. However, T cell exhaustion associated with...

    Authors: Jinlin Zhang, Mingyue Wang, Doudou He, Liang Zhang, Tianqing Liu and Kaikai Wang
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:420
  40. Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare but highly aggressive kind of thyroid cancer. Various therapeutic methods have been considered for the treatment of ATC, but its prognosis remains poor. With the adven...

    Authors: Jingjing Wang, Jie Tan, Bian Wu, Ruolin Wu, Yanmei Han, Chenyang Wang, Zairong Gao, Dawei Jiang and Xiaotian Xia
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:374
  41. Usually, wounds recover in four to six weeks. Wounds that take longer time than this to heal are referred to as chronic wounds. Impaired healing can be caused by several circumstances like hypoxia, microbial c...

    Authors: Alyaa Farid, Adham Ooda, Ahmed Nabil, Areej Nasser, Esraa Ahmed, Fatma Ali, Fatma Mohamed, Habiba Farid, Mai Badran, Mariam Ahmed, Mariam Ibrahim, Mariam Rasmy, Martina Saleeb, Vereena Riad, Yousr Ibrahim and Neveen Madbouly
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:373
  42. Macrophages are highly plastic innate immune cells that play key roles in host defense, tissue repair, and homeostasis maintenance. In response to divergent stimuli, macrophages rapidly alter their functions a...

    Authors: Baolong Liu, Phuong Linh Nguyen, Han Yu, Xingzhi Li, Huiren Wang, Jeffrey Price, Meng Niu, Chittibabu Guda, Xiao Cheng, Xinghui Sun, Regis Moreau, Amanda Ramer-Tait, Michael J. Naldrett, Sophie Alvarez and Jiujiu Yu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:352
  43. Carmustine (BCNU), a vital type of chloroethylnitrosourea (CENU), inhibits tumor cells growth by inducing DNA damage at O6 position of guanine and eventually forming dG-dC interstrand cross-links (ICLs). However,...

    Authors: Duo Li, Ting Ren, Yunxuan Ge, Xiaoli Wang, Guohui Sun, Na Zhang, Lijiao Zhao and Rugang Zhong
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:291
  44. Red blood cells (RBCs) are the most abundant cells in the body, possessing unique biological and physical properties. RBCs have demonstrated outstanding potential as delivery vehicles due to their low immunoge...

    Authors: Mengran Chen, Yamei Leng, Chuan He, Xuefeng Li, Lei Zhao, Ying Qu and Yu Wu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:288
  45. Implant infections caused by biofilm forming bacteria are a major threat in orthopedic surgery. Delivering antibiotics directly to an implant affected by a bacterial biofilm via superparamagnetic nanoporous si...

    Authors: Andras Polyak, Heidi Harting, Nina Angrisani, Timo Herrmann, Nina Ehlert, Jessica Meißner, Michael Willmann, Silav Al-Bazaz, Tobias L. Ross, Jens P. Bankstahl and Janin Reifenrath
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:270
  46. In recent years, crop production has expanded due to the variety of commercially available species. This increase in production has led to global competition and the search for biostimulant products that impro...

    Authors: Jorge J. O. Garza-García, José A. Hernández-Díaz, Janet M. León-Morales, Gilberto Velázquez-Juárez, Adalberto Zamudio-Ojeda, Jenny Arratia-Quijada, Oscar K. Reyes-Maldonado, Julio C. López-Velázquez and Soledad García-Morales
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:252
  47. Enterocyte uptake with high binding efficiency and minor endogenous interference remains a challenge in oral nanocarrier delivery. Enterocyte membrane-biomimetic lipids may universally cooperate with endogenou...

    Authors: Xiaoyan Gu, Rongguang Zhang, Yingwei Sun, Xinyi Ai, Yu Wang, Yaqi Lyu, Xiaoyu Wang, Yihan Wu, Zhi Wang, Nianping Feng and Ying Liu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:206
  48. Dihydroartemisinin (DHA), a natural product derived from the herbal medicine Artemisia annua, is recently used as a novel anti-cancer agent. However, some intrinsic disadvantages limit its potential for clinic...

    Authors: Yuanliang Yan, Xiaoxin Yang, Ning Han, Yuanhong Liu, Qiuju Liang, Liu-Gen Li, Jun Hu, Tong-Fei Li and Zhijie Xu
    Citation: Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2023 21:204