Abstract
Infectious diseases remain the most serious public health issue, which requires the development of more effective strategies for infectious control. As a kind of ultra-trace element, cobalt is essential to the metabolism of different organisms. In recent decades, nanotechnology has attracted increasing attention worldwide due to its wide application in different areas, including medicine. Based on the important biological roles of cobalt, cobalt nanomaterials have recently been widely developed for their attractive biomedical applications. With advantages such as low costs in preparation, hypotoxicity, photothermal conversion abilities, and high drug loading ability, cobalt nanomaterials have been proven to show promising potential in anticancer and anti-infection treatment. In this review, we summarize the characters of cobalt nanomaterials, followed by the advances in their biological functions and mechanisms. More importantly, we emphatically discuss the potential of cobalt nanomaterials as anti-infectious agents, drug carriers, and immunomodulators for anti-infection treatments, which might be helpful to facilitate progress in future research of anti-infection therapy.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province
Characteristic Innovation Project of universities in Guangdong Province
Key project of universities in Guangdong Province
Innovation team project of universities in Guangdong Province
Open Research Fund of Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation
the medical scientific research foundation of Guangdong Province
the Science and Technology Project of Dongguan
The Doctoral Initial Funding of Guangdong Medical University
Key project of Science Foundation of Guangdong Medical University
Discipline construction project of Guangdong Medical University
Hospital Fund for The First Dongguan Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University
Open Research Fund for Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control Sun Yat-sen University, Ministry of Enducation
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