The role of the light source in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

M Piksa, C Lian, IC Samuel, KJ Pawlik… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) is a promising approach to fight the growing
problem of antimicrobial resistance that threatens health care, food security and agriculture …

Methylene blue mediated antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in clinical human studies: The state of the art

RB Cecatto, LS de Magalhaes, MFSD Rodrigues… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The goal of this study was to update the information about aPDT when using
methylene blue (MB) for the treatment of human clinical infections of different etiologies …

Methylene blue‐mediated photodynamic therapy induces macrophage apoptosis via ROS and reduces bone resorption in periodontitis

C Jiang, W Yang, C Wang, W Qin… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim. To investigate whether methylene blue‐mediated photodynamic therapy (MB‐PDT) can
affect the “fate” of macrophages in vitro or in periodontitis tissues and to explore the potential …

Photosensitizers mediated photodynamic inactivation against fungi

D Ziental, DT Mlynarczyk, B Czarczynska-Goslinska… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Superficial and systemic fungal infections are essential problems for the modern health care
system. One of the challenges is the growing resistance of fungi to classic antifungals and …

Amphiphilic di-cationic methylene blue for improving antibacterial photodynamic efficiency through high accumulation and low aggregation on bacterial cell surfaces

H Zhang, L Xu, X Gu, D Yu, S Li - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The aggregation state of photosensitizers on the surface of bacterial cells is an important
scientific problem for antibacterial photodynamic therapy (APDT). High accumulation and …

Light-activated antifungal properties of imidazolium-functionalized cationic conjugated polymers

P Jagadesan, Z Yu, I Barboza-Ramos… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Infections caused by pathogenic fungi, especially Candida albicans, are a growing global
challenge for public health. Current antifungal drugs have been administered commonly to …

Antifungal effect of photodynamic therapy mediated by curcumin on Candida albicans biofilms in vitro

J Ma, H Shi, H Sun, J Li, Y Bai - Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background: Canida albicans can cause opportunistic infections ranging from superficial
mucous membrane lesions to life-threatening disease. The aim of this study is to investigate …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy mediated by methylene blue in surfactant vehicle as adjuvant to periodontal treatment. Randomized, controlled, double-blind …

CT Kassa, LTC Salviatto, ACAC Tortamano… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Antimicrobial photodymanic therapy mediated by methylene blue has been
investigated as an adjunctive to periodontal treatment but the dimerization of photosensitizer …

Parameters for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on periodontal pocket—Randomized clinical trial

LH Alvarenga, AC Gomes, P Carribeiro… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been investigated as an
adjunctive to periodontal treatment but the dosimetry parameters adopted have …

Pluronic® P-123 as a reductant and stabilizing agent for gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) combined with methylene blue for photodynamic and photothermal therapy

TL Braga, PCV Conrado, LGZ Silva… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The search for more effective drugs and therapies for the treatment of microbial diseases
has driven the development of nanomedicine in recent years. In this sense, the present work …