ABC	ammonium bicarbonate
AmiCs	aptamer-miRNA conjugates
APPs	aptamer-functionalized PEG-polylactic acid micelles
AsiCs	aptamer-siRNA conjugates
AuNP	gold nanoparticle
BAFF	B-cell-activating factor
BBB	Blood Brain Barrier
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
C	cytosine
CHO	Chinese hamster ovary
CTLA4	cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated antigen 4
Dau	Daunorubicin
DDA	Drug-DNA Adduct
DDR2	Discoidin domain receptor 2
DOX	Doxorubicin
Dtxl	docetaxel
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
EpCAM	epithelial cell adhesion molecule
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FMSNs	fluorescent mesoporous silica nanoparticles
FRET	fluorescence resonance energy transfer
G	guanine
GO	graphene oxide
GSC	glioblastoma stem-like cell
GQDs	graphene quantum dots
HAuNS	hollow gold nanosphere
MB	molecular beacon
MF	Magnetic fluorescent
MFAS	multifunctional cancer-targeting theranostic system
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
MSNs	Mesoporous silica nanoparticles
MSQDs	mesoporous silica-coated quantum dots
MTT	3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
MUC	Mucin
NF-κB	nuclear factor κB
NIR	near infrared
NMD	nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway
NPs	nanoparticles
NSCLC	non small cell lung cancer
PAMAM	Poly(amidoamine)
PDT	photodynamic therapy
PEG	polyethylene glycol
PEI	polyethylenimine
PLA	amphiphilic polylactide
PLGA	Poly(lactide-co-glycolic acid)
PLK1	polo-like kinase 1
PSMA	Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen
PTK	protein tyrosine kinase
PTT	photothermal therapy
QD	Quantum Dot
RNAi	RNA interference
SELEX	Systematic Evolution of Ligand by EXponential enrichment
SNALPs	nucleic acid-lipid particles containing siRNA cargoes
SOG	singlet oxygen generation
sONT-DENs	single-stranded oligodeoxynucleotide-conjugated dendrimers
SPIONs	Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
SWNTs	single-walled carbon nanotubes
TCL	thermally cross-linked
TCP	triblock copolymer
TfR	transferrin receptor
TIC	tumor-initiating cells
TLR9	toll like receptor 9
TPEN	N,N,N’,N’-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-ethylenediamine
5-FU	5-fluorouracil