PMID- 36252749 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221206 LR - 20221212 IS - 1873-4995 (Electronic) IS - 0168-3659 (Linking) VI - 352 DP - 2022 Dec TI - Synergistic chemotherapy and phototherapy based on red blood cell biomimetic nanomaterials. PG - 146-162 LID - S0168-3659(22)00689-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.10.019 [doi] AB - Novel drug delivery systems (DDSs) have become the mainstay of research in targeted cancer therapy. By combining different therapeutic strategies, potential DDSs and synergistic treatment approaches are needed to effectively deal with evolving drug resistance and the adverse effects of cancer. Nowadays, developing and optimizing human cell-based DDSs has become a new research strategy. Among them, red blood cells can be used as DDSs as they significantly enhance the pharmacokinetics of the transported drug cargo. Phototherapy, as a novel adjuvant in cancer treatment, can be divided into photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy. Phototherapy using erythropoietic nanocarriers to mimic the unique properties of erythrocytes and overcome the limitations of existing DDSs shows excellent prospects in clinical settings. This review provides an overview of the development of photosensitizers and research on bio-nano-delivery systems based on erythrocytes and erythrocyte membranes that are used in achieving synergistic outcomes during phototherapy/chemotherapy. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Meng, Di AU - Meng D AD - College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China. FAU - Yang, Shuoye AU - Yang S AD - College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China; Key Laboratory of Functional Molecules for Biomedical Research, Zhengzhou, PR China. Electronic address: yangshuoyehaut@163.com. FAU - Yang, Yanan AU - Yang Y AD - College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China. FAU - Zhang, Lu AU - Zhang L AD - College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China; Key Laboratory of Functional Molecules for Biomedical Research, Zhengzhou, PR China. FAU - Cui, Lan AU - Cui L AD - College of Bioengineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, PR China; Key Laboratory of Functional Molecules for Biomedical Research, Zhengzhou, PR China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20221019 PL - Netherlands TA - J Control Release JT - Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society JID - 8607908 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Biomimetics MH - Phototherapy MH - Drug Delivery Systems MH - *Nanostructures MH - *Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Erythrocyte Membrane MH - *Nanoparticles/therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - Drug delivery system OT - Erythrocytes OT - Photosensitizers OT - Phototherapy OT - Red blood cells OT - Synergistic effect COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/10/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/07 06:00 CRDT- 2022/10/17 19:25 PHST- 2022/07/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/10/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/17 19:25 [entrez] AID - S0168-3659(22)00689-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.10.019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Control Release. 2022 Dec;352:146-162. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.10.019. Epub 2022 Oct 19.