Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

The fast-growing field of photo-driven theranostics based on aggregation-induced emission

Z Zhang, M Kang, H Tan, N Song, M Li, P Xiao… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-driven theranostics, also known as phototheranostics, relying on the diverse excited-
state energy conversions of theranostic agents upon photoexcitation represents a significant …

Aggregation‐enhanced theranostics: AIE sparkles in biomedical field

M Kang, Z Zhang, N Song, M Li, P Sun, X Chen… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Theranostics referring to the ingenious integration of diagnostics and therapeutics has
garnered tremendous attention in these years as it provides a promising opportunity for …

Photothermal therapy

D Zhi, T Yang, J O'hagan, S Zhang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microneedles (MNs), as an effective minimally invasive delivery route, when used to
puncture the skin, can bypass the skin's stratum corneum (SC) to enter the skin …

[HTML][HTML] Golgi apparatus-targeted aggregation-induced emission luminogens for effective cancer photodynamic therapy

M Liu, Y Chen, Y Guo, H Yuan, T Cui, S Yao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Golgi apparatus (GA) oxidative stress induced by in situ reactive oxygen species (ROS)
could severely damage the morphology and function of GA, which may open up an avenue …

Photosensitizers with aggregation‐induced emission: materials and biomedical applications

F Hu, S Xu, B Liu - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy is arising as a noninvasive treatment modality for cancer and other
diseases. One of the key factors to determine the therapeutic function is the efficiency of …

Rejuvenated photodynamic therapy for bacterial infections

Q Jia, Q Song, P Li, W Huang - Advanced healthcare materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of multidrug resistant bacterial strains has hastened the exploration of
advanced microbicides and antibacterial techniques. Photodynamic antibacterial therapy …

A biomimetic aggregation‐induced emission photosensitizer with antigen‐presenting and hitchhiking function for lipid droplet targeted photodynamic immunotherapy

X Xu, G Deng, Z Sun, Y Luo, J Liu, X Yu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising alternative approach for effective cancer
treatment that is associated with an antitumor immune response. However …

Nanomaterials with supramolecular assembly based on AIE luminogens for theranostic applications

N Song, Z Zhang, P Liu, YW Yang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One of the major pursuits of biomedical science is to develop advanced strategies for
theranostics, which is expected to be an effective approach for achieving the transition from …

Lipid Droplet-Specific Fluorescent Probe for In Vivo Visualization of Polarity in Fatty Liver, Inflammation, and Cancer Models

L Fan, X Wang, Q Zan, L Fan, F Li, Y Yang… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Elucidating the intrinsic relationship between diseases and lipid droplet (LD) polarity
remains a great challenge owing to the lack of the research on multiple disease models …