AMF	Alternative magnetic field
ATRP	Atom transfer radical polymerization
BBB	Blood Brain Barrier
CCM	Cancer cell membrane
CD	Cytosine deaminase
CPP	Cell penetrating peptide
CPT	Camptothecin
DA	2,3-Dimethylmaleic anhydride
DET	Diethylenetriamine
DMAEMA	2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate
DMSA	2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic acid
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DOSPA	2,3-Dioleyloxy-N-[2-spermine carboxamide] ethyl-N,N-dimethyl-1-propanammonium trifluoroacetate
DOTAP	1,2-Dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane
DOTMA	N-[1-(2,3-dioleoyloxy)propel]-N,N,N-trimethylammonium
DOX	Doxorubicin
DPPC	Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
DPTAP	1,2-dipalmitoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane
DSPE-PEG 2000	1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[amino(polyethylene glycol)-2000]
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
Enz-TGR	Enzyme triggered gene release
GCS	Glycol chitosan
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
GNR	Gold Nanorod
GSH	Glutathione
GSSG	Glutathione disulfide
GT(s)	Gene transporter(s)
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
L-TGR	Light triggered gene release
MB	Microbubble
MDR	Multidrug resistant
miRNA	MicroRNA
MMP2	Matrix metalloproteinase-2
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
mRNA	Messenger RNA
M-TGR	Magnetic field triggered gene release
NET	Neuroepithelial transforming protein 1
NIR	Near infrared
NKBDO	Nf-KappaB decoy oligonucleotide
OMCN	Oxidized mesoporous carbon nanospheres
OEI	Oligo ethylenimine
PABC	p-Amino benzyloxy carboxyl
PAGA	Poly(aminolated glycidyl methacrylate)
PAMAM	Polyamidoamine
PCI	Photochemical internalization
PCL	Poly(ε-caprolactone)
PDDAC	Poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride)
PDGFR-α	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha
PDPA	Poly(2-(diisopropyl amino) ethyl methacrylate)
PE	Phosphoethanolamine
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
PEI	Polyethylenimine
PF14	PepFect14
PFC	Perfluorocarbon
PhA	Pheophorbide-a
PLGA	Poly(lactic- co-glycolic) acid
PLL	Polylysine
PSS	Poly(sodium 4-styrene sulfonate)
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
PTT	Photothermal therapy
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SAR	Specific absorption rate
siRNA	Silencing RNA
SIRT2	Sirtuin 2
SPION	Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle
SWCNT	Single-walled carbon nanotube
TAT	HIV transactivator
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
TPP	Triphenylphosphonium
TRAIL	TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
US-TGR	Ultrasound triggered gene release
VEGFR-2	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2
XIAP	X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein
μOCT	Micro-Optical Coherence Tomography