Design strategies and applications of cyanine dyes in phototherapy

J Yuan, H Yang, W Huang, S Liu, H Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyanine dyes have been widely used in phototherapy in recent years due to their excellent
optical properties and diverse modifiable structures. This review provides detailed …

Advances in nanotherapeutics for tumor treatment by targeting calcium overload

C Wang, J Peng, Y Xiao, Z Zhang, X Yang… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional antitumor strategies are facing challenges such as low therapeutic efficacy and
high side effects, highlighting the significance of developing non-toxic or low-toxic …

[HTML][HTML] 5-Fluorouracil in Combination with Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles Loaded with Antioxidant Thymoquinone against Colon Cancer: Synergistically …

X Deng, Z Yang, KW Chan, N Ismail, MZ Abu Bakar - Antioxidants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, with high mortality. Adverse side
effects and chemoresistance of the first-line chemotherapy 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) have …

Multifunctional CaCO3@Cur@QTX125@HA nanoparticles for effectively inhibiting growth of colorectal cancer cells

S Hu, K Xia, X Huang, Y Zhao, Q Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of cancer-related deaths in humans, and effective
treatments are still needed in clinical practice. Despite significant developments in …

Peptide-modified bioresponsive chondroitin sulfate micelles for targeted doxorubicin delivery in triple-negative breast cancer

J Yu, L Wang, Y Ling, X Xiao, J Gong, H Jin, J Xu… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Triple-negative breast cancer is an offensive tumor that is highly challenging to cure. In this
study, we developed novel polymeric nanoparticles that target dual receptors and respond …

[HTML][HTML] Self-driven bioactive hybrids co-deliver doxorubicin and indocyanine green nanoparticles for chemo/photothermal therapy of breast cancer

Y Lu, L Chen, Z Wu, P Zhou, J Dai, J Li, Q Wen… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is characterized by insidious onset, rapid progression, easy recurrence, and
metastasis. Conventional monotherapies are usually ineffective due to insufficient drug …

Smart chondroitin sulfate micelles for effective targeted delivery of doxorubicin against breast cancer metastasis

J Yu, X Xie, L Wang, W Liu, H Xu, X Lu… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Metastasis is a major challenge in breast cancer therapy. The successful
chemotherapy of breast cancer largely depends on the ability to block the metastatic …

Versatile chondroitin sulfate-based nanoplatform for chemo-photodynamic therapy against triple-negative breast cancer

J Yu, J Xu, R Jiang, Q Yuan, Y Ding, J Ren… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Versatile nanoplatform equipped with chemo-photodynamic therapeutic attributes play an
important role in improving the effectiveness of tumor treatments. Herein, we developed …

Research progress of calcium carbonate nanomaterials in cancer therapy: challenge and opportunity

T Liang, Z Feng, X Zhang, T Li, T Yang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer has keeping the main threat to the health of human being. Its overall survival rate
has shown rare substantial progress in spite of the improving diagnostic and treatment …

Novel dual-mode NIR-II/MRI nanoprobe targeting PD-L1 accurately evaluates the efficacy of immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer

WL Liu, YQ Zhang, XJ Luo, YY Zhu, L Song… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Durable responses to immune-checkpoint blocking therapy (ICT) targeting
programmed cell death protein-1/ligand-1 (PD-1/PD-L1) have improved outcomes for …