Photodynamic and photothermal therapies: synergy opportunities for nanomedicine

M Overchuk, RA Weersink, BC Wilson, G Zheng - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tumoricidal photodynamic (PDT) and photothermal (PTT) therapies harness light to
eliminate cancer cells with spatiotemporal precision by either generating reactive oxygen …

Recent advances in contrast-enhanced photoacoustic imaging: overcoming the physical and practical challenges

W Choi, B Park, S Choi, D Oh, J Kim, C Kim - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
For decades now, photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has been investigated to realize its potential
as a niche biomedical imaging modality. Despite its highly desirable optical contrast and …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in nanomaterial-mediated photothermal cancer therapies: toward clinical applications

HS Han, KY Choi - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photothermal therapy (PTT) has attracted extensive research attention as a noninvasive and
selective treatment strategy for numerous cancers. PTT functions via photothermal effects …

Noble metal nanomaterials for NIR‐triggered photothermal therapy in cancer

Z Lv, S He, Y Wang, X Zhu - Advanced healthcare materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is of great significance to develop anticancer therapeutic agents or technologies with high
degree of specificity and patient compliance, while low toxicity. The emerging photothermal …

Photothermal therapy and photoacoustic imaging via nanotheranostics in fighting cancer

Y Liu, P Bhattarai, Z Dai, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The nonradiative conversion of light energy into heat (photothermal therapy, PTT) or sound
energy (photoacoustic imaging, PAI) has been intensively investigated for the treatment and …

Photoacoustic imaging: contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Q Fu, R Zhu, J Song, H Yang, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a fast‐developing imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

Temperature-sensitive lipid-coated carbon nanotubes for synergistic photothermal therapy and gene therapy

Y Zhao, T Zhao, Y Cao, J Sun, Q Zhou, H Chen… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The combination of photothermal therapy (PTT) and gene therapy (GT) shows great
potential to achieve synergistic anti-tumor activity. However, the lack of a controlled release …

Multifunctional Mesoporous Polydopamine‐Based Systematic Delivery of STING Agonist for Enhanced Synergistic Photothermal‐Immunotherapy

W Zeng, Z Li, Q Huang, C Ding, L Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The therapeutic application of STING agonists in various malignancies has been limited by
factors such as the inability of systemic administration and the immunosuppressive tumor …

Gold-nanoparticle-assisted plasmonic photothermal therapy advances toward clinical application

MRK Ali, Y Wu, MA El-Sayed - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT), a type of treatment involving the intravenous or
intratumoral injection to introduce gold nanoparticles to cancerous cells and the subsequent …

Gold nanoparticle‐mediated photothermal therapy: applications and opportunities for multimodal cancer treatment

RS Riley, ES Day - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal therapy (PTT), in which nanoparticles embedded within tumors generate heat
in response to exogenously applied laser light, has been well documented as an …