Mitochondria-targeted triphenylphosphonium-based compounds: syntheses, mechanisms of action, and therapeutic and diagnostic applications

J Zielonka, J Joseph, A Sikora, M Hardy… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Mitochondria are recognized as one of the most important targets for new drug design in
cancer, cardiovascular, and neurological diseases. Currently, the most effective way to …

Rational design of nanocarriers for mitochondria-targeted drug delivery

L Huang, Z Sun, Q Shen, Z Huang, S Wang… - Chinese Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Well-developed mitochondria-targeted nanocarriers for function regulation are highly
desirable. Numerous studies have been conducted on the treatment of mitochondria-related …

Structure‐guided design and synthesis of a mitochondria‐targeting near‐infrared fluorophore with multimodal therapeutic activities

X Tan, S Luo, L Long, Y Wang, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An urgent challenge for imaging‐guided disease‐targeted multimodal therapy is to develop
the appropriate multifunctional agents to meet the requirements for potential applications …

Improvement of obesity-associated disorders by a small-molecule drug targeting mitochondria of adipose tissue macrophages

Y Wang, B Tang, L Long, P Luo, W Xiang, X Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pro-inflammatory activation of adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) is causally linked to
obesity and obesity-associated disorders. A number of studies have demonstrated the …

Artemisinin and AIEgen conjugate for mitochondria-targeted and image-guided chemo-and photodynamic cancer cell ablation

G Feng, J Liu, CJ Zhang, B Liu - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cell organelle targeting is a promising approach for cancer therapy. We herein report a light-
up probe (tetraphenylethenethiophene (TPETH)-Mito-1ART) to co-deliver artemisinin (ART) …

Mitochondrial targeting liposomes incorporating daunorubicin and quinacrine for treatment of relapsed breast cancer arising from cancer stem cells

L Zhang, HJ Yao, Y Yu, Y Zhang, RJ Li, RJ Ju… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Breast cancer stem cells play a crucial role in the relapse of breast cancers because they
are resistant to a standard chemotherapy and the residual cancer stem cells are able to …

Improving the phototherapeutic efficiencies of molecular and nanoscale materials by targeting mitochondria

F Lin, YW Bao, FG Wu - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria-targeted cancer phototherapy (PT), which works by delivering
photoresponsive agents specifically to mitochondria, is a powerful strategy to improve the …

Heptamethine cyanine dye mediated drug delivery: hype or hope

PJ Choi, TIH Park, E Cooper, M Dragunow… - Bioconjugate …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This review covers the application of heptamethine cyanine dye (HMCD) mediated drug
delivery. A relatively small number of HMCDs possess tumor targeting abilities, and this has …

Dual-targeting nanosystem for enhancing photodynamic therapy efficiency

J Xu, F Zeng, H Wu, C Yu, S Wu - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been recognized as a valuable treatment option for
localized cancers. Herein, we demonstrate a cellular and subcellular targeted strategy to …

Photophysical, ion-sensing and biological properties of rhodamine-containing transition metal complexes

Q Zhang, KMC Wong - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Rhodamine organic dyes have been known for years and have been applied in biological
studies because of numerous optical advantages, while rhodamine derivatives with spiro …