Fluorescent dyes based on rhodamine derivatives for bioimaging and therapeutics: recent progress, challenges, and prospects

S Zeng, X Liu, YS Kafuti, H Kim, J Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Since their inception, rhodamine dyes have been extensively applied in biotechnology as
fluorescent markers or for the detection of biomolecules owing to their good optical physical …

Luminescent and photofunctional transition metal complexes: From molecular design to diagnostic and therapeutic applications

LCC Lee, KKW Lo - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
There has been emerging interest in the exploitation of the photophysical and
photochemical properties of transition metal complexes for diagnostic and therapeutic …

Near-infrared metal agents assisting precision medicine: from strategic design to bioimaging and therapeutic applications

C Li, Y Pang, Y Xu, M Lu, L Tu, Q Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal agents have made incredible strides in preclinical research and clinical applications in
recent years, but their short emission/absorption wavelengths continue to be a barrier to …

Engineering of BODIPY-based theranostics for cancer therapy

Z Mao, JH Kim, J Lee, H Xiong, F Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, BODIPY-based theranostics have increasingly been used in cancer therapy
and have achieved significant success. According to photochemical theories, the optical …

Near-infrared-absorbing B–N lewis pair-functionalized anthracenes: electronic structure tuning, conformational isomerism, and applications in photothermal cancer …

K Liu, Z Jiang, RA Lalancette, X Tang… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
B–N-fused dianthracenylpyrazine derivatives are synthesized to generate new low gap
chromophores. Photophysical and electrochemical, crystal packing, and theoretical studies …

A bacteria‐responsive porphyrin for adaptable photodynamic/photothermal therapy

H Hu, H Wang, Y Yang, JF Xu, X Zhang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We report a cationic porphyrin 5, 10, 15, 20‐tetrakis‐(4‐N‐methylpyridyl)‐porphyrin (TMPyP)
that can respond to specific bacteria, followed by adaptable photodynamic/photothermal …

MOFs-based nanoagent enables dual mitochondrial damage in synergistic antitumor therapy via oxidative stress and calcium overload

W Bao, M Liu, J Meng, S Liu, S Wang, R Jia… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Targeting subcellular organelle with multilevel damage has shown great promise for
antitumor therapy. Here, we report a core-shell type of nanoagent with iron (III) carboxylate …

Evolution of BODIPY as triplet photosensitizers from homogeneous to heterogeneous: The strategies of functionalization to various forms and their recent applications

D Wang, X Wang, S Zhou, P Gu, X Zhu, C Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The BODIPY chromophore is one of the most versatile fluorophore building blocks in various
research fields, especially in life science and material science. It has attracted substantial …

Ultra‐Small Nano‐Assemblies as Tumor‐Targeted and Renal Clearable Theranostic Agent for Photodynamic Therapy

D Zhang, KX Teng, L Zhao, LY Niu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is a challenge to design photosensitizers to balance between the tumor‐targeting
enrichment for precise treatment and efficient clearance within a reasonable timescale for …

Nanoarchitecture-integrated hydrogel systems toward therapeutic applications

H Zhu, J Zheng, XY Oh, CY Chan, BQL Low, JQ Tor… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels, as one of the most feasible soft biomaterials, have gained considerable attention
in therapeutic applications by virtue of their tunable properties including superior patient …