Recent advances in organelle-targeted organic photosensitizers for efficient photodynamic therapy

M Dirak, CM Yenici, S Kolemen - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a long known, FDA approved, and highly promising
therapeutic modality, which is still developing. Photosensitizers (PSs) are at the core of PDT …

Enzyme-responsive design combined with photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment

S Zhi, M Huang, K Cheng - Drug Discovery Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive cancer treatment that has garnered significant
attention in recent years. However, its application is still hampered by certain limitations …

Design of 1, 8‐Naphthalimide‐Based Fluorescent Functional Molecules for Biological Application: A Review

W Nie, L Hu - ChemistrySelect, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Naphthalimide fluorophore, as the classical skeleton for fluorescent functional molecules,
has gained much attention in the chemistry and biomedical field due to its excellent …

Theoretical study on the photophysical properties of thiophene-fused-type BODIPY series molecules in fluorescence imaging and photodynamic therapy

J Cao, X Chen, X Ma, T Zhang, W Sun - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
As a class of photosensitizers (PSs) with dual functions of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and
fluorescence imaging, the relationship between the structure and dual-function of thiophene …

Integrated drug delivery system loading ROS-generating antitumor drugs for signal-amplified photoacoustic imaging and multimodal tumor therapy

Y Qin, Y He, X Lu, Y Shu, Y Huang - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The usefulness of antitumor drugs that produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) in accurate
tumor diagnosis and treatment has been underestimated. Here, β-Lapachone (Lapa …

A fluorescent probe for monitoring carboxylesterases in pulmonary cells under permissive hypercapnia condition

XP Wu, N Yang, QQ Liu, ZQ Zhu - Analytical Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Herein, by combining the benzofuranone-derived fluorophore and the carbamate
recognition group, a fluorescent probe named BFO-CarE was developed for monitoring the …