Photofunctional triplet excited states of cyclometalated Ir (III) complexes: beyond electroluminescence

Y You, W Nam - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of cyclometalated Ir (III) complexes has enabled important breakthroughs
in electroluminescence because such complexes permit the efficient population of triplet …

Photodynamic therapy for solid tumors: A review of the literature

RL Yanovsky, DW Bartenstein… - Photodermatology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizes a sensitizer agent and light to produce selective cell
death. Dermatologists are familiar with PDT for the treatment of actinic keratoses and early …

Porphyrinoid biohybrid materials as an emerging toolbox for biomedical light management

V Almeida-Marrero, E van de Winckel… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of photoactive and biocompatible nanomaterials is a current major
challenge of materials science and nanotechnology, as they will contribute to promoting …

Improving the endosomal escape of cell-penetrating peptides and their cargos: strategies and challenges

A Erazo-Oliveras, N Muthukrishnan, R Baker… - Pharmaceuticals, 2012 - mdpi.com
Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) can deliver cell-impermeable therapeutic cargos into cells.
In particular, CPP-cargo conjugates tend to accumulate inside cells by endocytosis …

The great escape; the hallmarks of resistance to antiangiogenic therapy

JR Van Beijnum, P Nowak-Sliwinska… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
The concept of antiangiogenic therapy in cancer treatment has led to the approval of
different agents, most of them targeting the well known vascular endothelial growth factor …

Nanovaccine‐based strategies to overcome challenges in the whole vaccination cascade for tumor immunotherapy

L Qin, H Zhang, Y Zhou, CS Umeshappa, H Gao - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanovaccine‐based immunotherapy (NBI) has received greater attention recently for its
potential to prime tumor‐specific immunity and establish a long‐term immune memory that …

Combinations of photodynamic therapy with other minimally invasive therapeutic technologies against cancer and microbial infections

SP Songca - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid rise in research and development following the discovery of photodynamic
therapy to establish novel photosensitizers and overcome the limitations of the technology …

Supramolecular nanodevices: from design validation to theranostic nanomedicine

H Cabral, N Nishiyama, K Kataoka - Accounts of chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The increasing importance of nanotechnology in the biomedical field and the recent
progress of nanomedicines into clinical testing have spurred the development of even more …

Porphyrin-based cationic amphiphilic photosensitisers as potential anticancer, antimicrobial and immunosuppressive agents

N Malatesti, I Munitic, I Jurak - Biophysical reviews, 2017 - Springer
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combines a photosensitiser, light and molecular oxygen to
induce oxidative stress that can be used to kill pathogens, cancer cells and other highly …

History of polymeric gene delivery systems

P Zhang, E Wagner - Polymeric Gene Delivery Systems, 2018 - Springer
As an option for genetic disease treatment and an alternative for traditional cancer
chemotherapy, gene therapy achieves significant attention. Nucleic acid delivery, however …