Supramolecular photosensitizers rejuvenate photodynamic therapy

X Li, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to its spatiotemporal selectivity and noninvasive nature, photodynamic therapy (PDT)
has become a clinically promising approach for the treatment of a wide range of cancers and …

Tumor microenvironment-responsive intelligent nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

F Gong, N Yang, X Wang, Q Zhao, Q Chen, Z Liu… - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
The design and development of tumor microenvironment (TME)-responsive intelligent
nanoplatforms have attracted increasing interest to enhance the therapeutic effects of drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in photosensitizers as multifunctional theranostic agents for imaging-guided photodynamic therapy of cancer

P Sarbadhikary, BP George, H Abrahamse - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years tremendous effort has been invested in the field of cancer diagnosis and
treatment with an overall goal of improving cancer management, therapeutic outcome …

Enzyme-responsive double-locked photodynamic molecular beacon for targeted photodynamic anticancer therapy

LKB Tam, JCH Chu, L He, C Yang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An advanced photodynamic molecular beacon (PMB) was designed and synthesized, in
which a distyryl boron dipyrromethene (DSBDP)-based photosensitizer and a Black Hole …

Hybrid cell membrane-coated nanoparticles: a multifunctional biomimetic platform for cancer diagnosis and therapy

HY Chen, J Deng, Y Wang, CQ Wu, X Li, HW Dai - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomimetic nanotechnology through camouflaging synthetic nanoparticles (NPs) with
natural cell membranes, which bestows with immune evasion and superior targeting …

Activatable photosensitizers: agents for selective photodynamic therapy

X Li, S Kolemen, J Yoon… - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in the design of bifunctional and activatable photosensitizers
rejuvenate the aging field of photodynamic sensitization and photodynamic therapy. While …

MMP-responsive 'smart'drug delivery and tumor targeting

Q Yao, L Kou, Y Tu, L Zhu - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are major extracellular enzymes involved in cancer
initiation, progression, and metastasis. MMPs are widely used as cancer biomarkers and …

Nano-ultrasonic contrast agent for chemoimmunotherapy of breast cancer by immune metabolism reprogramming and tumor autophagy

X Yang, M Zhao, Z Wu, C Chen, Y Zhang, L Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The functional status of innate immune cells is a considerable determinant of effective
antitumor immune response. However, the triple-negative breast cancer tumor …

Magnetic nanoparticles in cancer diagnosis, drug delivery and treatment

M Wu, S Huang - Molecular and clinical oncology, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
In recent years, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have demonstrated marked progress in the
field of oncology. General nanoparticles are widely used in tumor targeting, and the intrinsic …

Surface-charge-switchable nanoclusters for magnetic resonance imaging-guided and glutathione depletion-enhanced photodynamic therapy

J Zhu, T Xiao, J Zhang, H Che, Y Shi, X Shi… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective noninvasive therapeutic method that employs
photosensitizers (PSs) converting oxygen to highly cytotoxic singlet oxygen (1O2) under …