Application and design of esterase-responsive nanoparticles for cancer therapy

H Dong, L Pang, H Cong, Y Shen, B Yu - Drug delivery, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Nanoparticles have been developed for tumor treatment due to the enhanced permeability
and retention effects. However, lack of specific cancer cells selectivity results in low delivery …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy encapsulation technology: Frontier exploration and application prospects of novel antimicrobial technology

X Hu, B Shou, L Yang, L Li, HT Ren, JH Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) encapsulation technology, as a novel
antimicrobial technology, achieves efficient and steady killing of bacteria by encapsulating …

Effect of size and pH-sensitivity of liposomes on cellular uptake pathways and pharmacokinetics of encapsulated gemcitabine

M Tang, SB Yarragudi, P Pan, K Yang… - Journal of Liposome …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To enhance cytoplasmic delivery efficiency, pH-sensitive liposomes (PSL) have been
proposed as a novel strategy. To facilitate clinical translation, this study aims to understand …

Nanosized vehicles for delivery of photosensitizers in photodynamic diagnosis and therapy of cancer

AF Mironov, KA Zhdanova… - Russian Chemical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The review summarizes the state of the art of research in the field of nanosized vehicles for
delivery of photosensitizers for diagnosis and treatment of malignant neoplasms by …

Natural extracellular nanovesicles and photodynamic molecules: is there a future for drug delivery?

K Kusuzaki, T Matsubara, H Murata… - Journal of enzyme …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Photodynamic molecules represent an alternative approach for cancer therapy for their
property (i) to be photo-reactive;(ii) to be not-toxic for target cells in absence of light;(iii) to …

The effect of photodynamic therapy by gold nanoparticles on Streptococcus mutans and biofilm formation: an in vitro study

F Lavaee, M Motamedifar, G Rafiee - Lasers in Medical Science, 2021 - Springer
In this experimental study, we aimed to evaluate the antibacterial and anti-biofilm effects of
photodynamic therapy with a photosensitizer in conjunction with Gold nanoparticles against …

Nanophotosensitizers for cancer therapy: a promising technology?

AF dos Santos, GS Arini… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been clinically applied to cure various diseases including
cancer. Indeed, photophrin (porfimer sodium, Axcan Pharma, Montreal, Canada), a …

Photoechogenic inflatable nanohybrids for upconversion-mediated sonotheranostics

K Jeong, D Kim, HJ Kim, YD Lee, J Yoo, D Jang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hybrid nanostructures are promising for ultrasound-triggered drug delivery and treatment,
called sonotheranostics. Structures based on plasmonic nanoparticles for photothermal …

Construction and antitumor effects of antitumor micelles with cyclic RGD-modified anlotinib

Y Zhang, H Chen, N Feng, X Xin, Y Xu, P Huo… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Anlotinib is a new type of small-molecule multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor with inhibitory
effects against angiogenesis and tumor growth. An effective targeted nano-delivery system …

Targeting photochemical scalpels or lancets in the photodynamic therapy field—the photochemist's role

S Protti, A Albini, R Viswanathan… - Photochemistry and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers photochemical approaches aimed at supplementing surgical instruments
with handheld photodynamic therapy (PDT) instruments. PDT is not widely used in hospitals …