Table 1 Graphene-based nanosystem as a therapeutic carrier.

From: MIL-125-based nanocarrier decorated with Palladium complex for targeted drug delivery

Content

Features (nm)

Tumor type

Test type

Drug

Specious

Properties

Results

Refs

In vitro

In vivo

Human

Animal

GO/DOX/PEG-FA

100

Melanoma

B16F0

Male C57BL/6 J and Mice

DOX

*

*

Photothermal, photodynamic therapy and fl-imaging

Tumor treatment upon NIR light activation

40

GO/NPs/PvP

150 nm

Colorectaladeno carcinoma

Caco-2, HCT 116, NIH-3T3, HeLa, HEK-293 SCC-9

 

DOX

*

 

pH sensitivity

Safe for normal cell and toxic for cancerous cell

40

GO/AgNPs/Methotrexate

20 nm

Breast

MCF-7, Hep-G2

 

Methotrexate

*

 

Targeted therapy

Favorable particle size

40

rGO/CuInS2/ZnS/liposome

120 nm

Esophageal squamous carcinoma

Eca-109

Mice

 

*

*

Photothermal, photodynamic therapy

CuInS2/ZnS nanocrystals converted the laser beam to the heat and prepared ROS in the cell and decreased the toxicity

41

GO, GO/AgNPs, rGO, rGO/AgNPs

Lung

A549

*

Antitumor activity

rGO/AgNPs more cytotoxic than other, IC50: 30 µg/ml

42

Graphene Quantum-dots

65 nm

 

Dendritic cells

    

Immune response therapy

GQD can decrease the ROS creation

31

GQDs/Biotin

40 nm

 

A549

 

DOX

*

 

Targeted delivery

Lower toxicity

41