Spotlight on photoactivatable liposomes beyond drug delivery: an enabler of multitargeting of molecular pathways

MA Saad, T Hasan - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The potential of photoactivating certain molecules, photosensitizers (PS), resulting in
photochemical processes, has long been realized in the form of photodynamic therapy …

Advancing photodynamic therapy with biochemically tuned liposomal nanotechnologies

HC Huang, S Mallidi, G Obaid, B Sears… - … of Nanoscience in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemistry-based modality in which a chemical
(photosensitizer) is energized by light to produce cytotoxic molecular species. The current …

Phototriggerable liposomes: current research and future perspectives

A Puri - Pharmaceutics, 2013 - mdpi.com
The field of cancer nanomedicine is considered a promising area for improved delivery of
bioactive molecules including drugs, pharmaceutical agents and nucleic acids. Among …

Multi‐functional liposome: a powerful theranostic nano‐platform enhancing photodynamic therapy

X Cheng, J Gao, Y Ding, Y Lu, Q Wei, D Cui… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although photodynamic therapy (PDT) has promising advantages in almost non‐invasion,
low drug resistance, and low dark toxicity, it still suffers from limitations in the lipophilic …

Photoactivable liposomes for controlled delivery: Recent progress and design considerations

S Song, D Lee, LC Dalle Ore, S Kwak, L Kang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent strides in drug delivery have aimed at precise control over therapeutic agent release
and targeting. Liposomes, lipid-based vesicles, have stood out for their capacity to …

Photodynamic cancer therapy using liposomes as an advanced vesicular photosensitizer delivery system

S Moghassemi, A Dadashzadeh, RB Azevedo… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The multidisciplinary field of photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a combination of
photochemistry and photophysics sciences, which has shown tremendous potential for …

Light-sensitive lipid-based nanoparticles for drug delivery: design principles and future considerations for biological applications

A Yavlovich, B Smith, K Gupta… - Molecular membrane …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Radiation-based therapies aided by nanoparticles have been developed for decades, and
can be primarily categorized into two main platforms. First, delivery of payload of photo …

Liposome photosensitizer formulations for effective cancer photodynamic therapy

SA Fahmy, HMES Azzazy, J Schaefer - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising non-invasive strategy in the fight against that
which circumvents the systemic toxic effects of chemotherapeutics. It relies on …

Liposomes for photodynamic therapy

ASL Derycke, PAM de Witte - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an evolving modality for the treatment of superficial tumors.
The technique utilizes photosensitizing agents that are able to photochemically eradicate …

Photo-sensitive liposomes: chemistry and application in drug delivery.

JY Wang, QF Wu, JP Li, QS Ren, YL Wang… - Mini Reviews in …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Photo-sensitive liposomes have been studied for a few decades and various photo-sensitive
triggers have been developed so far. This review offers an overview of the different photo …