Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for photodynamic therapy of cancer: a review

GMF Calixto, J Bernegossi, LM De Freitas, CR Fontana… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising alternative approach for improved cancer
treatment. In PDT, a photosensitizer (PS) is administered that can be activated by light of a …

Methylene blue in anticancer photodynamic therapy: systematic review of preclinical studies

A Taldaev, R Terekhov, I Nikitin, E Melnik… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Methylene blue has a long history of clinical application. Thanks to
phenothiazine chromophore, it has potential in photodynamic anticancer therapy. In spite of …

Methylene blue photodynamic therapy induces selective and massive cell death in human breast cancer cells

AF Dos Santos, LF Terra, RAM Wailemann, TC Oliveira… - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background Breast cancer is the main cause of mortality among women. The disease
presents high recurrence mainly due to incomplete efficacy of primary treatment in killing all …

Multicomponent-loaded vesosomal drug carrier for controlled and sustained compound release

D Lee, S Song, S Kim, M Lee, E Kim, S Yoon… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Liposomes have been extensively adopted in drug delivery systems with clinically approved
formulations. However, hurdles remain in terms of loading multiple components and …

Nitroreductase-triggered activation of a novel caged fluorescent probe obtained from methylene blue

J Bae, LE McNamara, MA Nael, F Mahdi… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A near-infrared fluorescent probe based on methylene blue (p-NBMB) was developed for
the detection of nitroreductase. Conjugating methylene blue with a p-nitrobenzyl moiety …

Photodynamic effect of methylene blue and low level laser radiation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines

B Kofler, A Romani, C Pritz, TB Steinbichler… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is suggested to have an impact on the treatment of early stage
head and neck cancers (HNSCC). We investigated the effect of PDT with methylene blue …

Photodynamic therapy in treatment of cutaneous and choroidal melanoma

A Kawczyk-Krupka, AM Bugaj, W Latos… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Melanoma is a malignant, the most aggressive and dreaded skin cancer. This form of cancer
arises from melanocytes and may grow rapidly and metastasize. Melanoma predominantly …

Photodynamic therapy in melanoma-where do we stand?

I Baldea, L Giurgiu, ID Teacoe… - Current medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Malignant melanoma is one of the most aggressive malignant tumors, with
unpredictable evolution. Despite numerous therapeutic options, like chemotherapy, BRAF …

Susceptibility and resistance mechanisms during photodynamic therapy of melanoma

XY Li, LC Tan, LW Dong, WQ Zhang, XX Shen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Melanoma is the most aggressive malignant skin tumor and arises from melanocytes. The
resistance of melanoma cells to various treatments results in rapid tumor growth and high …

Anticancer Photodynamic Therapy Properties of Sulfur‐Doped Graphene Quantum Dot and Methylene Blue Preparations in MCF‐7 Breast Cancer Cell Culture

JD Monroe, E Belekov, AO Er… - Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a field with many applications including chemotherapy.
Graphene quantum dots (GQD s) exhibit a variety of unique properties and can be used in …