Membrane-anchoring nanoengineered carbon dots as a pyroptosis amplifier for robust tumor photodynamic-immunotherapy
- Corresponding author: Haihua Xiao, hhxiao@iccas.ac.cn Jiechao Ge, jchge2010@mail.ipc.ac.cn
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Tiejin Chen, Xiaokuang Xue, Jian Li, Minhui Cui, Yongliang Hao, Mianqi Xue, Haihua Xiao, Jiechao Ge, Pengfei Wang. Membrane-anchoring nanoengineered carbon dots as a pyroptosis amplifier for robust tumor photodynamic-immunotherapy[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica,
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