| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| DLS | dynamic light scattering |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| GNP | gold nanoparticle |
| HA-SH | hyaluronate-thiol |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| ICP-OES | Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry |
| IFP | interstitial fluid pressure |
| IT | intra-tumoral |
| LLC | Lewis lung carcinoma |
| MTT | (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| PDI | polydispersity index |
| s.e.m. | standard error of the mean |
| SPR | surface plasmon resonance |
| SEM | scanning electron microscopy |
| TME | tumor microenvironment |