Overcoming the Achilles' heel of photodynamic therapy

W Fan, P Huang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied to treat a wide range of medical conditions,
including wet age-related macular degeneration psoriasis, atherosclerosis, viral infection …

Fluorescent polymer nanoparticles based on dyes: seeking brighter tools for bioimaging

A Reisch, AS Klymchenko - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Speed, resolution and sensitivity of today's fluorescence bioimaging can be drastically
improved by fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) that are many‐fold brighter than organic dyes …

Cancer cell membrane–biomimetic nanoparticles for homologous-targeting dual-modal imaging and photothermal therapy

Z Chen, P Zhao, Z Luo, M Zheng, H Tian, P Gong… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
An active cell membrane–camouflaged nanoparticle, owning to membrane antigens and
membrane structure, can achieve special properties such as specific recognition, long blood …

Nanoparticles in photodynamic therapy

SS Lucky, KC Soo, Y Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cancer accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) worldwide in 2008.(1)
Almost 13 million cancer cases are newly diagnosed every year, and deaths are projected to …

Recent advances in photonanomedicines for enhanced cancer photodynamic therapy

JJ Hu, Q Lei, XZ Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, photodynamic therapy (PDT) that employs photosensitizers (PSs) to generate
cytotoxic species under light irradiation for selective destruction of neoplastic lesions has …

Camouflaging nanoparticles with brain metastatic tumor cell membranes: a new strategy to traverse blood–brain barrier for imaging and therapy of brain tumors

C Wang, B Wu, Y Wu, X Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most fatal intracranial tumors with no effective
treatment. The drug concentration in tumor sites is usually insufficient to reach therapeutic …

Recent advances in theranostic polymeric nanoparticles for cancer treatment: A review

S Indoria, V Singh, MF Hsieh - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotheranostics is fast-growing pharmaceutical technology for simultaneously monitoring
drug release and its distribution, and to evaluate the real time therapeutic efficacy through a …

Current advances in research and clinical applications of PLGA-based nanotechnology

JM Lü, X Wang, C Marin-Muller, H Wang… - Expert review of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Co-polymer poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) nanotechnology has been developed for
many years and has been approved by the US FDA for the use of drug delivery, diagnostics …

Nanoparticles in photodynamic therapy: an emerging paradigm

DK Chatterjee, LS Fong, Y Zhang - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as one of the important therapeutic options in
management of cancer and other diseases [M. Triesscheijn, P. Baas, JH Schellens, FA …

Nanophotosensitizer-engineered Salmonella bacteria with hypoxia targeting and photothermal-assisted mutual bioaccumulation for solid tumor therapy

F Chen, Z Zang, Z Chen, L Cui, Z Chang, A Ma, T Yin… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacteria-driven drug-delivery systems have attracted great attention for their enhanced
therapeutic specificity and efficacy in cancer treatment. YB1, a particularly attractive …