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. 2020 Sep 2;21(17):6380. doi: 10.3390/ijms21176380
API Active pharmaceutical ingredient
AAV2 Adeno-associated virus 2
APA Apatite
ACP Acetylated-chondroitin sulfate-protoporphyrin
BSA Bovine serum albumin
CDDP Cisplatin
CPT Camptothecin
CS Chitosan
CT Computed tomography
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019
DSS Dextran sodium sulphate
DPPC 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerin-3-phosphocholine
DOX Doxorubicin
DAEs Diarylethenes
Epo B Epothilone B
FI Fluorescence imaging
FA Folic acid
FPRR Fluoro-photoacoustic polymeric renal reporter
GSH Glutathione
GIT Gastrointestinal tract
GNS Gold nanostars
GOx Glucose oxidase
Hf Hafnium
HPMCAS Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate
HPPH Hexyloxyethy-pyropheophorbide
ICG Indocyanine green
IBD Inflammatory bowel disease
Ins Insulin
LCST Lower critical solubility temperature
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MTX Methotrexate
MC Merocyanine
MSNs Mesoporous silica nanoparticles
MBs Microbubbles
NCPs Nanoscale coordination polymers
NQO1 NAD(P)H, quinone oxidoreductase isoenzyme I
Nap Naproxen
NPCS N-palmitoyl chitosan
NIPAAm N-isopropylacrylamide
NIRF Near-infrared fluorescence
NLC Nanostructured lipid carrier
OEGMA Poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate
OSPE Organic semiconducting pro-nanoenzyme
OxiDEX Oxidatively sensitive dextran
OPV Oligo (p-phenylene vinylene) derivative
ONB O-nitrobenzyl
OEG Oligo (ethylene glycol)
PBA Phenylboronic acid
PBE Phenylboronic ester
PDT Photodynamic therapy
PLGA Poly (d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PEGDA Poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate
PS Polystyrene
PEG Polyethylene glycol
PEI Polyethylenimine
PAMAM Poly(amidoamine)
PNP-UC PEG-NMAB-PLA-UCNPs
PTX Paclitaxel
PDP Pentadecylphenol
pTSL Polymer-modified temperature-sensitive liposome
PAA Propylacrylic acid
PAI Photoacoustic imaging
PGA Penicillin G amidase
PET Positron emission tomography
P-gp P-glycoprotein
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RAFT Reversible addition-break chain transfer
SPN Semiconductor polymer nanoparticles
sPLA2 Phospholipase A2
sUN Solid ultrasound nanosensor
SP Spiropyran
TK Thioketal
TL Thioketal linker
TGMS Triglyceride monostearate
TPA Two-photon absorption
TSL Temperature-sensitive liposomes
US Ultrasound
UC Upconversion
UCST Upper critical solubility temperature
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
W/O/W Water/oil/water