[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy—current limitations and novel approaches

G Gunaydin, ME Gedik, S Ayan - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) mostly relies on the generation of singlet oxygen, via the
excitation of a photosensitizer, so that target tumor cells can be destroyed. PDT can be …

Toward nanotechnology-enabled approaches against the COVID-19 pandemic

C Weiss, M Carriere, L Fusco, I Capua… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The COVID-19 outbreak has fueled a global demand for effective diagnosis and treatment
as well as mitigation of the spread of infection, all through large-scale approaches such as …

Cationization-enhanced type I and type II ROS generation for photodynamic treatment of drug-resistant bacteria

S Liu, B Wang, Y Yu, Y Liu, Z Zhuang, Z Zhao, G Feng… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy as an emerging phototheranostic approach holds great potential for
antibacterial treatment, but is limited by compromised reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy–mechanisms, photosensitizers and combinations

S Kwiatkowski, B Knap, D Przystupski, J Saczko… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a modern and non-invasive form of therapy, used in the
treatment of non-oncological diseases as well as cancers of various types and locations. It is …

Application of carbon-based quantum dots in photodynamic therapy

A Karagianni, NG Tsierkezos, M Prato, M Terrones… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive therapeutic modality that can treat a wide
variety of cancer types by means of photosensitizer drug, light, and oxygen. Due to …

Recent advances in nanomaterial-based synergistic combination cancer immunotherapy

W Sang, Z Zhang, Y Dai, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, conventional treatments including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy
have been the main approaches in tumour therapy. Cancer immunotherapy is a new …

Recent advances and prospects of carbon dots in phototherapy

B Li, S Zhao, L Huang, Q Wang, J Xiao… - Chemical engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) are novel zero-dimensional carbonaceous nanomaterial, and they are
featured with an attractive combination of physical, chemical, and biomedical properties …

Nanomedicine and advanced technologies for burns: Preventing infection and facilitating wound healing

MAM Jahromi, PS Zangabad, SMM Basri… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
According to the latest report from the World Health Organization, an estimated 265,000
deaths still occur every year as a direct result of burn injuries. A widespread range of these …

[HTML][HTML] Application of porphyrins in antibacterial photodynamic therapy

BM Amos-Tautua, SP Songca, OS Oluwafemi - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics are commonly used to control, treat, or prevent bacterial infections, however
bacterial resistance to all known classes of traditional antibiotics has greatly increased in the …

Organic photo-antimicrobials: Principles, molecule design, and applications

B Ran, Z Wang, W Cai, L Ran, W Xia… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The emergence of multi-drug-resistant pathogens threatens the healthcare systems world-
wide. Recent advances in phototherapy (PT) approaches mediated by photo-antimicrobials …