Photodynamic therapy of drug-resistant human colon adenocarcinoma using verteporfin-loaded TPGS nanoparticles with tumor homing and penetrating peptide …

M Yang, D Jiang, Z Chen, J Chen - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) does well in both curing early stage tumors and improving
patients' quality of life. However, the limited selectivity of photosensitizers (PSs) to tumors …

Mesoporous semiconductors combined with up-conversion nanoparticles for enhanced photodynamic therapy under near infrared light

F Yang, J Liu, X Jiang, W Wu, Z Wang, Q Zeng, R Lv - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising and effective method for tumor therapy that
relies on the reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by photosensitizers at specific …

Engineering of an intelligent cascade nanoreactor for sequential improvement of microenvironment and enhanced tumor phototherapy

H Zhang, Y Pei, X Zhang, L Zhu, L Hou, J Chang… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phototherapy, including photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT), is a
new tumor treatment method with high specificity, low toxicity and non-invasive advantages …

Recent advances in photodynamic therapy based on emerging two-dimensional layered nanomaterials

X Wu, X Jiang, T Fan, Z Zheng, Z Liu, Y Chen, L Cao… - Nano Research, 2020 - Springer
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising non-invasive therapy approach for various
diseases including malignant tumor. The process of PDT involves three interrelated aspects …

Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) loaded PLGA nanoparticles for topical Photodynamic Therapy of melanoma cells

DB da Silva, CL da Silva, NN Davanzo… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Nanoparticles (Np) can increase drug efficacy and overcome problems
associated with solubility and aggregation in a solution of PpIX. Purpose Evaluate if Np …

Dacarbazine-loaded hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles grafted with folic acid for enhancing antimetastatic melanoma response

Q Liu, N Xu, L Liu, J Li, Y Zhang, C Shen… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Dacarbazine (DTIC) is one of the most important chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment
of melanoma; however, its poor solubility, photosensitivity, instability, and serious toxicity to …

Light-stimulus dual-drug responsive nanoparticles for photoactivated therapy using mesoporous silica nanospheres

P Wu, D Zhou, Y Huang, J Li - Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2018 - Springer
Photoactivated therapy is an exciting new method of cancer treatment. A new light-stimulus
dual-drug responsive nanoparticles based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) were …

Glutathione-responsive mesoporous silica nanocarriers for chemo–photothermal–photodynamic therapy of cancer

X Zhang, M Chen, Y Kan, Y Dong, X Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
A series of antitumor therapies such as chemotherapy, photothermal therapy, and
photodynamic therapy have certain limitations when applied alone. Herein, the …

Photo-induced reactions for disassembling of coloaded photosensitizer and drug molecules from upconversion-mesoporous silica nanoparticles: an effective …

R Rafique, AR Gul, IG Lee, SH Baek, SK Kailasa… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy is an emerging noninvasive cancer treatment approach, which
requires a photosensitizer (PS), light, and molecular oxygen. In this study, we have …

[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy exploiting the anti-tumor activity of mannose-conjugated chlorin e6 reduced M2-like tumor-associated macrophages

T Soyama, A Sakuragi, D Oishi, Y Kimura, H Aoki… - Translational …, 2021 - Elsevier
M2-like tumor-associated macrophages (M2-TAMs) in cancer tissues are intimately involved
in cancer immunosuppression in addition to growth, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis …