Overcoming barriers in photodynamic therapy harnessing nano-formulation strategies

J Xie, Y Wang, W Choi, P Jangili, Y Ge, Y Xu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

Cell death in photodynamic therapy: From oxidative stress to anti-tumor immunity

C Donohoe, MO Senge, LG Arnaut… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy is a promising approach for cancer treatment that relies on the
administration of a photosensitizer followed by tumor illumination. The generated oxidative …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Oncologic photodynamic therapy: basic principles, current clinical status and future directions

D Van Straten, V Mashayekhi, HS De Bruijn, S Oliveira… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer therapy, based on a
photochemical reaction between a light activatable molecule or photosensitizer, light, and …

[HTML][HTML] Current challenges and opportunities of photodynamic therapy against cancer

RV Huis in 't Veld, J Heuts, S Ma, LJ Cruz… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
BACKGROUND: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an established, minimally invasive
treatment for specific types of cancer. During PDT, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are …

Recent progresses in phototherapy‐synergized cancer immunotherapy

CW Ng, J Li, K Pu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer immunotherapy has recently gained much attention in the search of cancer cure due
to its ability to “train” the immune system in seeking out and removing residual tumor cells …

Multiphoton lithography as a promising tool for biomedical applications

C Greant, B Van Durme, J Van Hoorick… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multiphoton lithography (MPL) is a powerful and useful structuring tool capable of
generating 2D and 3D arbitrary micro‐and nanometer features of various materials with high …

Why develop photoactivated chemotherapy?

S Bonnet - Dalton Transactions, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoactivated chemotherapy is an approach where a biologically active compound is
protected against interaction with the cell environment by a light-cleavable protecting group …

[HTML][HTML] Symphony of nanomaterials and immunotherapy based on the cancer–immunity cycle

Q Li, Z Shi, F Zhang, W Zeng, D Zhu, L Mei - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
The immune system is involved in the initiation and progression of cancer. Research on
cancer and immunity has contributed to the development of several clinically successful …

Engineering nanoparticles to locally activate T cells in the tumor microenvironment

D Wang, T Wang, H Yu, B Feng, L Zhou, F Zhou… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Immunological tolerance of tumors is characterized by insufficient infiltration of cytotoxic T
lymphocytes (CTLs) and immunosuppressive microenvironment of tumor. Tumor resistance …