Hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cancer: a review

X Dong, Y Zeng, Z Zhang, J Fu, L You… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
treatment with HY-PDT induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells by … in increasing the mortality of
HepG2 cells compared with free HYP. … cancer therapy with less toxic adverse effect due to its

[HTML][HTML] Immunomodulatory Effect of Hypericin-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy on Oral Cancer Cells

M Olek, A Machorowska-Pieniążek, ZP Czuba… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cell supernatants subjected to sublethal PDT were assessed for interleukin 6 (IL-6), soluble
IL-… Neutrophils and macrophages are activated due to the release of cytokines, inflammatory …

Poloxamers-based nanomicelles as delivery vehicles of hypericin for hepatic photodynamic therapy

JNL Martins, NC Lucredi, MC Oliveira… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
… evaluated against cultured human hepatoblastoma HepG2 cells. Respiratory activity was …
96-well plates with HepG2 cells. Another light-source device with LED emitting red light with …

Hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy inhibits growth of colorectal cancer cells via inducing S phase cell cycle arrest and apoptosis

J Hu, J Song, Z Tang, S Wei, L Chen, R Zhou - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… could induce S phase cell cycle arrest in HCT116 and SW620 cells. In order to reveal the
mechanism by which HYP-PDT led to S phase arrest in HCT116 and SW620 cells, we further …

Hypericin: source, determination, separation, and properties

J Zhang, L Gao, J Hu, C Wang… - Separation & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… the method of choice due to its fast and sensitive analyses. … due to a large and active π-electron
conjugated system in its structure. Medical applications of hypericin are not easy due to …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy and apoptosis induced in U87 MG glioblastoma cells by hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy can be photobiomodulated with 808 nm light

V Pevna, G Wagnières, V Huntosova - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
due to its intracellular concentration, faster than its natural release, application of PDT to cells
… Therefore, we hypothesize that this combination of light treatments led to an improvement …

Replicating endothelial shear stress in organ-on-a-chip for predictive hypericin photodynamic efficiency

HL Ma, AC Urbaczek, FZR de Souza, C Bernal… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
… In solid tumors, angiogenesis occurs due to the secretion of pro-angiogenic factors by
cells in the hypoxic tumor microenvironment, resulting in neovascularization. These new …

Photoactivity of hypericin: From natural product to antifungal application

CB Galinari, TP Biachi, RS Gonçalves… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… action of hypericin (Hyp) stands out due to its ability to permeate the lipid membrane and
accumulate in different cytoplasmic organelles of eukaryotic cells. In this review, we aim to …

Combination of photoactive hypericin and Manumycin A exerts multiple anticancer effects on oxaliplatin-resistant colorectal cells

M Macejová, V Sačková, P Hradická, R Jendželovský… - Toxicology In Vitro, 2020 - Elsevier
… Unfortunately, cancer cells acquire and develop resistance to the drug in … its efficiency
and leads to treatment failure. Oxaliplatin is known as an apoptotic inducer which can exert its

Poloxamers-Based Nanomicelles as Delivery Vehicles of Photosensitizers for Hepatic Photodynamic Therapy

JNL Martins, NC Lucredi, MC Olivera… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
Hypericin-photodynamic therapy leads to interleukin-6 secretion by HepG2 cells and
their apoptosis via recruitment of BH3 interacting-domain death agonist and caspases. …