Activity-based NIR fluorescent probes based on the versatile hemicyanine scaffold: design strategy, biomedical applications, and outlook

H Li, H Kim, F Xu, J Han, Q Yao, J Wang, K Pu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The discovery of a near-infrared (NIR, 650–900 nm) fluorescent chromophore hemicyanine
dye with high structural tailorability is of great significance in the field of detection …

Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Versatile types of inorganic/organic NIR-IIa/IIb fluorophores: from strategic design toward molecular imaging and theranostics

Y Liu, Y Li, S Koo, Y Sun, Y Liu, X Liu, Y Pan… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In vivo imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm), which enables
us to look deeply into living subjects, is producing marvelous opportunities for biomedical …

Conquering the hypoxia limitation for photodynamic therapy

Y Wan, LH Fu, C Li, J Lin, P Huang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has aroused great research interest in recent years owing to its
high spatiotemporal selectivity, minimal invasiveness, and low systemic toxicity. However …

Supramolecular photosensitizer enables oxygen-independent generation of hydroxyl radicals for photodynamic therapy

KX Teng, LY Niu, QZ Yang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The highly oxygen-dependent nature of photodynamic therapy (PDT) limits its therapeutic
efficacy against hypoxic solid tumors in clinics, which is an urgent problem to be solved …

Piezocatalytic medicine: an emerging frontier using piezoelectric materials for biomedical applications

S Chen, P Zhu, L Mao, W Wu, H Lin, D Xu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging piezocatalysts have demonstrated their remarkable application potential in
diverse medical fields. In addition to their ultrahigh catalytic activities, their inherent and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in nanomedicines for photodynamic therapy (PDT)-driven cancer immunotherapy

B Ji, M Wei, B Yang - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer immunotherapy has made tremendous clinical progress in advanced-stage
malignancies. However, patients with various tumors exhibit a low response rate to …

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 …

Recent progress in photosensitizers for overcoming the challenges of photodynamic therapy: from molecular design to application

X Zhao, J Liu, J Fan, H Chao, X Peng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a therapeutic mode involving light triggering, has been
recognized as an attractive oncotherapy treatment. However, nonnegligible challenges …