Nanoparticles as vehicles for delivery of photodynamic therapy agents

D Bechet, P Couleaud, C Frochot, ML Viriot… - Trends in …, 2008 - cell.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) in cancer treatment involves the uptake of a photosensitizer by
cancer tissue followed by photoirradiation. The use of nanoparticles as carriers of …

Photodynamic therapy in the control of oral biofilms.

NS Soukos, JM Goodson - Periodontology 2000, 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
The article focuses on photodynamic therapy in bacterial control of oral biofilm, which is
used in dental medicine to prevent oral diseases. It says that light and oxygen are involved …

Nanodrug applications in photodynamic therapy

E Paszko, C Ehrhardt, MO Senge, DP Kelleher… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has developed over last century and is now becoming a more
widely used medical tool having gained regulatory approval for the treatment of various …

Nanoparticle-mediated combination chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy overcomes tumor drug resistance

A Khdair, D Chen, Y Patil, L Ma, QP Dou… - Journal of Controlled …, 2010 - Elsevier
Tumor drug resistance significantly limits the success of chemotherapy in the clinic. Tumor
cells utilize multiple mechanisms to prevent the accumulation of anticancer drugs at their …

Biological activity of ruthenium nitrosyl complexes

E Tfouni, DR Truzzi, A Tavares, AJ Gomes… - Nitric oxide, 2012 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide plays an important role in various biological processes, such as
neurotransmission, blood pressure control, immunological responses, and antioxidant …

Nanoparticle drug delivery systems: an excellent carrier for tumor peptide vaccines

J Wang, X Hu, D Xiang - Drug delivery, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the past 40 years, the nanoparticle drug delivery system for tumor peptide vaccines has
been widely studied which also reached a splendid result. Nanomaterial can enhance the …

Bio-nanotechnology and photodynamic therapy—State of the art review

RR Allison, HC Mota, VS Bagnato, CH Sibata - … and photodynamic therapy, 2008 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and bio-nanotechnology (NT) show striking similarities in
clinical design and mechanistics. The PDT paradigm of photosensitizer application, light …

The in vivo efficacy of phthalocyanine–nanoparticle conjugates for the photodynamic therapy of amelanotic melanoma

M Camerin, M Magaraggia, M Soncin, G Jori… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The efficiency of a Zn (II)-phthalocyanine disulphide (C11Pc), a compound with both
phthalocyanine units bearing seven hexyl chains and a sulphur terminated C11 chain, as a …

Shining light on nanotechnology to help repair and regeneration

A Gupta, P Avci, M Sadasivam, R Chandran… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Phototherapy can be used in two completely different but complementary therapeutic
applications. While low level laser (or light) therapy (LLLT) uses red or near-infrared light …

Applications of nanoparticles in nanomedicine

D Yohan, BD Chithrani - Journal of Biomedical …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The highly tunable physical and optical properties and the ability to bind an ever expanding
library of ligands have catapulted nanoparticles into nearly every discipline of scientific …