Fluorescent dyes based on rhodamine derivatives for bioimaging and therapeutics: recent progress, challenges, and prospects

S Zeng, X Liu, YS Kafuti, H Kim, J Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Since their inception, rhodamine dyes have been extensively applied in biotechnology as
fluorescent markers or for the detection of biomolecules owing to their good optical physical …

The design of small-molecule prodrugs and activatable phototherapeutics for cancer therapy

HH Han, HM Wang, P Jangili, M Li, L Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer remains as one of the most significant health problems, with approximately 19
million people diagnosed worldwide each year. Chemotherapy is a routinely used method to …

Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Conquering the hypoxia limitation for photodynamic therapy

Y Wan, LH Fu, C Li, J Lin, P Huang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has aroused great research interest in recent years owing to its
high spatiotemporal selectivity, minimal invasiveness, and low systemic toxicity. However …

Recent progress in photosensitizers for overcoming the challenges of photodynamic therapy: from molecular design to application

X Zhao, J Liu, J Fan, H Chao, X Peng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a therapeutic mode involving light triggering, has been
recognized as an attractive oncotherapy treatment. However, nonnegligible challenges …

Photocatalytic superoxide radical generator that induces pyroptosis in cancer cells

L Yu, Y Xu, Z Pu, H Kang, M Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pyroptosis, a newly characterized form of immunogenic cell death, is attracting increasing
attention as a promising approach to cancer immunotherapy. However, biocompatible …

Design of superior phototheranostic agents guided by Jablonski diagrams

G Feng, GQ Zhang, D Ding - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Phototheranostics represents a promising direction for modern precision medicine, which
has recently attracted great research interest from multidisciplinary research areas. Organic …

Engineering of BODIPY-based theranostics for cancer therapy

Z Mao, JH Kim, J Lee, H Xiong, F Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, BODIPY-based theranostics have increasingly been used in cancer therapy
and have achieved significant success. According to photochemical theories, the optical …

Type I photosensitizers revitalizing photodynamic oncotherapy

D Chen, Q Xu, W Wang, J Shao, W Huang, X Dong - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown great potential for tumor treatment with merits of
non‐invasiveness, high selectivity, and minimal side effects. However, conventional type II …

From Low to No O2-Dependent Hypoxia Photodynamic Therapy (hPDT): A New Perspective

M Li, Y Xu, X Peng, JS Kim - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The advent of photochemical techniques has revolutionized the landscape of
biology and medical sciences. Especially appealing in this context is photodynamic therapy …