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 …

Inorganic–organic hybrid nanomaterials for photothermal antibacterial therapy

X Qi, Y Xiang, E Cai, XX Ge, X Chen, W Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The clinical management of bacterial infections has become a growing global public health
challenge. Such therapy is presently limited to antibiotics, but the misuse of antibiotics has …

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 …

Overcoming barriers in photodynamic therapy harnessing nano-formulation strategies

J Xie, Y Wang, W Choi, P Jangili, Y Ge, Y Xu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

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 …

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 …

BODIPY‐based photodynamic agents for exclusively generating superoxide radical over singlet oxygen

KX Teng, WK Chen, LY Niu, WH Fang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developing Type‐I photosensitizers is considered as an efficient approach to overcome the
deficiency of traditional photodynamic therapy (PDT) for hypoxic tumors. However, it remains …

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 …

GSH‐depleted nanozymes with hyperthermia‐enhanced dual enzyme‐mimic activities for tumor nanocatalytic therapy

S Dong, Y Dong, T Jia, S Liu, J Liu, D Yang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocatalytic therapy, using artificial nanoscale enzyme mimics (nanozymes), is an
emerging technology for therapeutic treatment of various malignant tumors. However, the …

Photodynamic therapy: Innovative approaches for antibacterial and anticancer treatments

M Kolarikova, B Hosikova, H Dilenko… - Medicinal Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …