[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy review: principles, photosensitizers, applications, and future directions

JH Correia, JA Rodrigues, S Pimenta, T Dong, Z Yang - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality that has gained
great attention in the past years as a new therapy for cancer treatment. PDT uses …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Designing light-driven rotary molecular motors

DRS Pooler, AS Lubbe, S Crespi, BL Feringa - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to induce and amplify motion at the molecular scale has seen tremendous
progress ranging from simple molecular rotors to responsive materials. In the two decades …

[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] An updated overview on the development of new photosensitizers for anticancer photodynamic therapy

J Zhang, C Jiang, JPF Longo, RB Azevedo… - … pharmaceutica sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), based on the photoactivation of photosensitizers (PSs), has
become a well-studied therapy for cancer. Photofrin®, belonging to the first generation of …

Features of third generation photosensitizers used in anticancer photodynamic therapy

IS Mfouo-Tynga, LD Dias, NM Inada… - … and photodynamic therapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Cancer remains a main public health issue and the second cause of mortality worldwide.
Photodynamic therapy is a clinically approved therapeutic option. Effective photodynamic …

Metal‐organic framework nanoparticles in photodynamic therapy: current status and perspectives

M Lismont, L Dreesen, S Wuttke - Advanced Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This feature article covers the recent applications of metal‐organic framework nanoparticles
(MOF NPs) in photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. It aims at giving the reader an …

Emerging targets in photopharmacology

MM Lerch, MJ Hansen, GM van Dam… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The field of photopharmacology uses molecular photoswitches to establish control over the
action of bioactive molecules. It aims to reduce systemic drug toxicity and the emergence of …

GSH and H2O2 Co‐Activatable Mitochondria‐Targeted Photodynamic Therapy under Normoxia and Hypoxia

J Sun, K Du, J Diao, X Cai, F Feng… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, photosensitizers (PSs) that are microenvironment responsive and hypoxia active
are scarcely available and urgently desired for antitumor photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for photodynamic therapy of cancer: a review

GMF Calixto, J Bernegossi, LM De Freitas, CR Fontana… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising alternative approach for improved cancer
treatment. In PDT, a photosensitizer (PS) is administered that can be activated by light of a …