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 …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting immunogenic cancer cell death by photodynamic therapy: past, present and future

R Alzeibak, TA Mishchenko, NY Shilyagina… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The past decade has witnessed major breakthroughs in cancer immunotherapy. This
development has been largely motivated by cancer cell evasion of immunological control …

Current challenges and opportunities of photodynamic therapy against cancer

RV Huis in 't Veld, J Heuts, S Ma, LJ Cruz… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
BACKGROUND: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an established, minimally invasive
treatment for specific types of cancer. During PDT, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are …

Oncologic photodynamic therapy: basic principles, current clinical status and future directions

D Van Straten, V Mashayekhi, HS De Bruijn, S Oliveira… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer therapy, based on a
photochemical reaction between a light activatable molecule or photosensitizer, light, and …

Recent progresses in phototherapy‐synergized cancer immunotherapy

CW Ng, J Li, K Pu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer immunotherapy has recently gained much attention in the search of cancer cure due
to its ability to “train” the immune system in seeking out and removing residual tumor cells …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer: from local to systemic treatment

JM Dąbrowski, LG Arnaut - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) requires a medical device, a photosensitizing drug and
adequate use of both to trigger biological mechanisms that can rapidly destroy the primary …

Cancer‐associated, stimuli‐driven, turn on theranostics for multimodality imaging and therapy

X Li, J Kim, J Yoon, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics have facilitated the
development of novel anticancer agents that have decreased side effects and increased …

Engineering of relevant photodynamic processes through structural modifications of metallotetrapyrrolic photosensitizers

JM Dąbrowski, B Pucelik, A Regiel-Futyra… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2016 - Elsevier
Applications of metalloporphyrins and related molecules have been extensively pursued in
the context of photodynamic therapy of cancer (PDT) and other biomedical applications. This …

Photodynamic therapy for cancer: Role of natural products

B Mansoori, A Mohammadi, MA Doustvandi… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising modality for the treatment of cancer. PDT
involves administering a photosensitizing dye, ie. photosensitizer, that selectively …

Recent advances on organelle specific Ru (II)/Ir (III)/Re (I) based complexes for photodynamic therapy

B Kar, U Das, N Roy, P Paira - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Organelle specificity is an important facet of more efficient and highly selective drugs with
reduced side effects which have now been the great challenge to the scientists. In …