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 …

Metal-based photosensitizers as inducers of regulated cell death mechanisms

Y Zhang, BT Doan, G Gasser - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over the last few decades, various forms of regulated cell death (RCD) have been
discovered and were found to improve cancer treatment. Although there are several reviews …

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 …

A carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX)‐anchored rhenium (I) photosensitizer evokes pyroptosis for enhanced anti‐tumor immunity

X Su, WJ Wang, Q Cao, H Zhang, B Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An ideal cancer treatment should not only destroy primary tumors but also improve the
immunogenicity of the tumor microenvironment to achieve a satisfactory anti‐tumor immune …

Carboranes in drug discovery, chemical biology and molecular imaging

A Marfavi, P Kavianpour, LM Rendina - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
There exists a paucity of structural innovation and limited molecular diversity associated with
molecular frameworks in drug discovery and biomolecular imaging/chemical probe design …

An overview of coumarin as a versatile and readily accessible scaffold with broad-ranging biological activities

F Annunziata, C Pinna, S Dallavalle… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Privileged structures have been widely used as an effective template for the research and
discovery of high value chemicals. Coumarin is a simple scaffold widespread in Nature and …

Drugging the NLRP3 inflammasome: from signalling mechanisms to therapeutic targets

L Vande Walle, M Lamkanfi - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Diseases associated with chronic inflammation constitute a major health burden across the
world. As central instigators of the inflammatory response to infection and tissue damage …

Thiazole ring—A biologically active scaffold

A Petrou, M Fesatidou, A Geronikaki - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Thiazole is a good pharmacophore nucleus due to its various pharmaceutical
applications. Its derivatives have a wide range of biological activities such as antioxidant …

Stimuli‐responsive hydrogels: fabrication and biomedical applications

Z Li, Y Zhou, T Li, J Zhang, H Tian - View, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their similarity to some bio‐architectures, for example, extracellular matrix, hydrogels
are considered as bio‐inspired networks with bio‐mimetic and bio‐functional properties …

[HTML][HTML] Combination therapy in combating cancer

RB Mokhtari, TS Homayouni, N Baluch… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Combination therapy, a treatment modality that combines two or more therapeutic agents, is
a cornerstone of cancer therapy. The amalgamation of anti-cancer drugs enhances efficacy …