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. 2026 Jan 27;16(3):174. doi: 10.3390/nano16030174
ALT Alanine Aminotransferase
AM Acrylamide
AST Aspartate Aminotransferase
BSA Bovine Serum Albumin
BUN Blood Urea Nitrogen
CARPA Complement Activation-Related Pseudoallergy
CBC Complete Blood Count
CDT Chemodynamic Therapy
CHX Chlorhexidine
cRGD Cyclic Arginine–Glycine–Aspartic acid
CTAB Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide
DC Dendritic Cell
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOX Doxorubicin
EMA European Medicines Agency
EPR Enhanced Permeability and Retention
EPS Extracellular Polymeric Substances
FA Folic Acid
FDA Food and Drug Administration
GA Gambogic Acid
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
GT Gene Therapy
FHMP Fluorescent Hexametaphosphate
GSH Glutathione
HD Hydrodynamic Diameter
IL-1β Interleukin-1 beta
IL-6 Interleukin-6
IL-8 Interleukin-8
IOC Iron Oxide Cluster
LSPR Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance
mAbs Monoclonal Antibodies
MOA Mechanisms of action
MOF Metal–Organic Frameworks
mPEG Methoxy Polyethene Glycol
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MIP Molecularly Imprinted Polymer
MUA 11-Mercaptoundecanoic Acid
NIPAM N-isopropylacrylamide
NIR Near-Infrared
NR Nanorods
NIR-II Second Near-Infrared
NPs Nanoparticles
NS Nanosphere
NF-κB Nuclear Factor-kappa B
PANI Polyaniline
PBS Phosphate-Buffered Saline
PCE Photothermal Conversion Efficiency
PDA Polydopamine
PDA-HA Polydopamine–Hyaluronic Acid
PDT Photodynamic Therapy
PEF Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence
PEG Polyethylene Glycol
PEI Polyethyleneimine
PIRET Plasmon-Induced Resonance Energy Transfer
PLA Polylactic Acid
PLAL Pulse Laser Ablation in Liquid
PLGA Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
POD Peroxidase
PTT Photothermal Therapy
PVP Polyvinylpyrrolidone
RB Rose Bengal
rBSA Reduced Albumin from Bovine Serum
RCS Reactive Chlorine Species
RES Reticuloendothelial System
rhTNF Recombinant Human Tumor Necrosis Factor
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
SERS Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
SPION Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle
SPR Surface Plasmon Resonance
TEOS Tetraethyl Orthosilicate
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor
UCNP Upconverting Nanoparticles
ZrTCPP Zirconium Tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin