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An enzyme-instructed self-assembly system induces tumor acidosis via sequential-dual effect for cancer selective therapy

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Cascade-Activated AIEgen-Peptide Probe for Noninvasively Monitoring Chymotrypsin-like Activity of Proteasomes in Cancer Cells

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Nanotechnology-based drug delivery strategies for cancer therapy

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Living Cell-Mediated Self-Assembly: From Monomer Design and Morphology Regulation to Biomedical Applications

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Smart Peptide Defense Web In Situ Connects for Continuous Interception of IgE against Allergic Rhinitis

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Emerging Applications of Electrospun Nanofibers Using Various Fabrication Techniques

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Dual Enzyme‐Responsive Polymer‐Drug Conjugates Induce Diverse Cells Mutual Transcytosis to Achieve Deep Pancreatic Tumor Penetration

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Self-assembly of bioinspired peptides for biomimetic synthesis of advanced peptide-based nanomaterials: a mini-review

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Uncovering the mechanism of cancer-associated fibroblasts induced immune evasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via in situ fluorescence imaging

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Cyanine dyes grafted onto collagen molecules for 3D printing of fluorescent biological scaffolds

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Tumor Microenvironment‐Induced Drug Depository for Persistent Antitumor Chemotherapy and Immune Activation

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Stromal Barrier-Dismantled Nanodrill-Like and Cancer Cell-Targeted pH-Responsive Polymeric Micelles for Further Enhancing the Anticancer Efficacy of Doxorubicin

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Controllable Self‐Assembly of Peptide‐Cyanine Conjugates In Vivo as Fine‐Tunable Theranostics

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Activatable Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probe for In Vivo Imaging of Fibroblast Activation Protein-alpha

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Tumor Fibroblast Specific Activation of a Hybrid Ferritin Nanocage‐Based Optical Probe for Tumor Microenvironment Imaging

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Rational Design and Synthesis of Peptide-Based Probes for Fibroblast Activation Protein-Targeted Magnetic Resonance and NIR-I/II Fluorescence Imaging of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts

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A novel fibroblast activation protein-targeted near-infrared fluorescent off–on probe for cancer cell detection, in vitro and in vivo imaging

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A novel fibroblast activation protein-targeted near-infrared fluorescent off-on probe for cancer cell detection, &ITin vitro&IT and &ITin vivo &ITimaging

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