Targeted contrast agents and activatable probes for photoacoustic imaging of cancer

Z Zhao, CB Swartchick, J Chan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has emerged as a powerful technique for the high resolution
visualization of biological processes within deep tissue. Through the development and …

[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy: A special emphasis on nanocarrier-mediated delivery of photosensitizers in antimicrobial therapy

C Garapati, SHS Boddu, S Jacob, KM Ranch… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Resistance to antimicrobial drugs is an impending healthcare problem of growing
significance. In the post-antibiotic era, there is a huge push to develop new tools for …

Dimensional reduction enhances photodynamic therapy of metal–organic nanophotosensitizers

T Luo, Y Fan, J Mao, E Yuan, E You… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein we report that dimensional reduction from three-dimensional nanoscale metal–
organic frameworks (nMOFs) to two-dimensional nanoscale metal–organic layers (nMOLs) …

Rhodamine-conjugated anti-stokes gold nanoparticles with higher ROS quantum yield as theranostic probe to arrest cancer and MDR bacteria

P Pallavi, K Harini, S Crowder, D Ghosh… - Applied Biochemistry …, 2023 - Springer
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has recently become significant as a clinical modality for
cancer therapy and multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections, replacing conventional …

Fundamentals and applications of metal nanoparticle-enhanced singlet oxygen generation for improved cancer photodynamic therapy

BP George, A Chota, P Sarbadhikary… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The introduction of nanotechnology in the field of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) has proven
to have great potential to overcome some of the challenges associated with traditional …

Multifunctional photoactive nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy against tumor: recent advancements and perspectives

R Jain, S Mohanty, I Sarode, S Biswas, G Singhvi… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Numerous treatments are available for cancer, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy,
radiation therapy, hormone therapy, biomarker testing, surgery, photodynamic therapy, etc …

Necroptosis activation is associated with greater methylene blue-photodynamic therapy-induced cytotoxicity in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells

DRQ de Almeida, AF Dos Santos… - Photochemical & …, 2023 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC) are the fourth leading cause of death due to
neoplasms. In view of the urgent need of effective treatments for PDAC, photodynamic …

Nanoparticle-mediated delivery systems in photodynamic therapy of colorectal cancer

N Winifred Nompumelelo Simelane… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) involving a malignant tumour remains one of the greatest
contributing causes of fatal mortality and has become the third globally ranked malignancy …

Silver mesoporous silica nanoparticles: fabrication to combination therapies for cancer and infection

X He, F Chen, Z Chang, K Waqar, H Hu… - The Chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) with mesoporous silica nanoparticles
(MSNs) protects the former from aggregation and promotes the controlled release of silver …

Temoporfin-Conjugated PEGylated Poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)-Coated Upconversion Colloid for NIR-Induced Photodynamic Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer

O Shapoval, V Patsula, D Větvička… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has the potential to cure pancreatic cancer with minimal side
effects. Visible wavelengths are primarily used to activate hydrophobic photosensitizers, but …