| 5-Fu | 5-Fluorouracil |
| Cal | Calcein |
| CpG ODN | Cytosine-phosphate-guanine sequence–oligo nucleotides |
| Cur | Curcumin |
| DDSs | Drug delivery systems |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| HKUST | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperazine-1-ethane sulfonic acid |
| ICG | Indocianine green |
| MOFs | Metal Organic Frameworks |
| US FDA | US Food and Drug Administration |
| NIR | Near-infrared |
| MIL | Materials of Institute Lavoisier |
| NEM | N-ethylmorpholine |
| DOX | Doxorubicin hydrochloride |
| FA | Folic acid |
| HSAB | Hard–Soft Acid–Base |
| H-PMOF | Porphyrinic MOF nanoplatform |
| PDT | Photodynamic therapy |
| PDA | Polydopamine |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PB | Phosphate buffer |
| RBC | Red blood cell |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| TRIS | 2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1:3-propanediol |
| UiO | Universitetet I Oslo |
| ZIF | Zeolitic imidazole framework |