The halogen effect of bis-truxene substituted BODIPY photosensitizers for potential photodynamic therapy

T Tao, X Hu, D Sun, C Ou, Y Guo, H Xu - Dyes and Pigments, 2024 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is important for cancer treatment and has attracted great
attention in recent years. Herein, three bis-truxene substituted BODIPY dyes, BDP-2I4H …

The nano-revolution in the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis

C Volpini, N Bloise, M Dominoni, F Barra, VG Vellone… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Endometriosis is a painful gynecological disease with a high prevalence, affecting millions
of women worldwide. Innovative, non-invasive treatments, and new patient follow-up …

Autophagy‐activated self‐reporting photosensitizer promoting cell mortality in cancer starvation therapy

R Zhang, C Zhang, C Chen, M Tian… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer starvation therapy have received continuous attention as an efficient method to fight
against wide‐spectrum cancer. However, during cancer starvation therapy, the protective …

Two-photon phototriggering of ROS storm in ruthenium (II) coordinated carbon nitride for robust cancer immunotherapy

F Wei, J Karges, S Gao, L Wang, X Zhang, XC Shen… - Nano Today, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of Ru (II) polypyridine complexes for photodynamic therapy is receiving much
attention. Despite their promising properties, these compounds are associated with a poor …

Density Functional Theory-Guided Photo-Triggered Anticancer Activity of Curcumin-Based Zinc (II) Complexes

R Kushwaha, V Singh, S Peters, AK Yadav… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has evolved as a new therapeutic modality for cancer
treatment with fewer side effects and drug resistance. Curcumin exhibits PDT activity, but its …

Tuning the photoactivated anticancer activity of Pt (IV) compounds via distant ferrocene conjugation

H Shi, F Ponte, JS Grewal, GJ Clarkson, C Imberti… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoactive prodrugs offer potential for spatially-selective antitumour activity with minimal
effects on normal tissues. Excited-state chemistry can induce novel effects on biochemical …

Towards Selective Delivery of a Ruthenium (II) Polypyridyl Complex‐Containing Bombesin Conjugate into Cancer Cells

MJSA Silva, R Vinck, Y Wang, B Saubaméa… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing number of novel Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes have been successfully applied
as photosensitizers (PSs) for photodynamic therapy (PDT). Despite recent advances in …

Exploring Structure–Activity Relationships in Photodynamic Therapy Anticancer Agents Based on Ir (III)-COUPY Conjugates

A Rovira, E Ortega-Forte, C Hally… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy holds great promise as a non-invasive anticancer tool against drug-
resistant cancers. However, highly effective, non-toxic, and reliable photosensitizers with …

Heterometallic ruthenium–osmium complexes: dual photodynamic and photothermal therapy for melanoma and drug-resistant lung tumour in vivo

YA Deng, SJ Tang, MF Wang, X Ren, XL Li… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of hetero-dinuclear Ru–Os complexes have been constructed by combining
mononuclear modules derived from homo-dinuclear Ru–Ru complexes with dual PDT/PTT …

Chemical and Photophysical Triggers for the Reduction of Pt (IV) Prodrugs for Anticancer Therapy

J Karges - ChemNanoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Platinum (II) complexes are used in approximately 50% of chemotherapeutic treatments
worldwide. Despite their undoubtful clinical success, these compounds are associated with …