Achieving controlled and accurate delivery of photosensitizers (PSs) into tumor sites is a
major challenge in conventional photodynamic therapy (PDT). Aptamer is a short …

Photodynamic therapy is one of the most promising and noninvasive methods for clinical
treatment of different malignant diseases. Here, we present a novel strategy of designing an …

An aptamer switch probe (ASP) linking chlorin e6 (Ce6), a photosensitizer molecule, to the
surface of gold nanorods (AuNRs) was used to target cancer cells for photodynamic therapy …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective and noninvasive therapeutic strategy employing
light-triggered singlet oxygen (SO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) to kill lesional cells …

Targeted delivery of intracellular stimuli-activatable photosensitizers (PSs) into tumor cells to
achieve selective imaging and on-demand photodynamic therapy (PDT) of tumors has …

This paper describes the application of a molecular construct of a photosensitizer and an
aptamer for photo-therapeutically targeting tumor cells. The key step in increasing selectivity …

The increasing cancer morbidity and mortality requires the development of high-efficiency
and low-toxicity anticancer approaches. In recent years, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has …

Abstract Development of single near‐infrared (NIR) laser triggered phototheranostics for
multimodal imaging guided combination therapy is highly desirable but is still a big …

Phototherapy has great potential to revolutionize conventional therapeutic modalities.
However, most phototherapeutic strategies based on multicomponent therapeutic agents …

Tumor‐targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) is desirable as it can achieve efficient killing of
tumor cells with no or less harm to normal cells. Herein, a facile molecular engineering …