Abl	Abelson kinase
ADR	Accumulation, distribution and retention
AgNPs	Silver nanoparticles
ALL	Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
AMF	Alternative magnetic field
ApoA-I	Apolipoprotein A-I
Au-NP	Gold nanoparticles
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
Cbz	Carboxybenzyl
CED	Convection-enhanced delivery
CNTs	Carbon nanotubes
cRGD	Arg–Gly–Asp
CS	Chitosan
DDS	Drug delivery system
DexPLGA	Dextran and poly(lactide-co-glycolide)
DLS	Dynamic light scattering
DPPC	1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
EE	Encapsulation efficiency
EPR	Enhanced permeability and retention
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
Fmoc	9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl
GA	Glycolic acid
GVHD	Graft-versus-host disease
HCC	Hepatocellular carcinoma
HPMC	Hydroxypropyl Me cellulose
HSCs	Hepatic stellate cells
IM	Imatinib
JNK	C-Jun N-terminal kinase
LA	Lactic acid
LbL	Layer-by-layer
LNCs	Lipid nanocapsules
MDR	Multidrug resistant
MMP2	Matrix metalloproteinase 2
MNPs	Magnetic nanoparticles
MS	Multiple sclerosis
nHAp	Hydroxyapatite
NPs	Nanoparticles
NSCLC	Non-small cell lung cancer
PAA	Poly acrylic acid
PAMAM	Poly(amidoamine)
PBCA	Polybutylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles
PCL	Poly(ε-caprolactone)
PDGFR	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor
PDI	Polydispersity index
PDT	Photodynamic therapy
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
PEI	Polyethyleneimine
PET	Positron emission tomography PET
PGA	Poly glycolic acid
PK	Pharmacokinetic
PLA	Poly lactic acid
PLGA	Poly(lactide-co-glycolide)
PLGA-PEG-Mal	Poly(lactic-co-glycolic)-poly(ethyleneglycol)-maleimide
PPI	Polypropylene imine
PSi	Mesoporous silica
PVR	Proliferative vitreoretinopathy
RCC	Renal cell carcinoma
RES	Reticuloendothelial system
RGD	Arg–Gly–Asp peptides
SA	Sodium alginate
SCFR	Mast/stem cell growth factor receptor
SEM-EDS	Scanning Electron Microscopy–Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
SLNPs	Solid lipid nanoparticles
SR-B1	Scavenger type B1 receptor
STAT	Signal transducer and activator of transcription
TAM	Tumor-associated macrophages
TKIs	Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Vd	Volume of distribution
XRPD	X-ray powder diffraction
ZnPc	Zinc phthalocyanine