The design of small-molecule prodrugs and activatable phototherapeutics for cancer therapy

HH Han, HM Wang, P Jangili, M Li, L Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer remains as one of the most significant health problems, with approximately 19
million people diagnosed worldwide each year. Chemotherapy is a routinely used method to …

Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence-emitting small organic molecules for cancer imaging and therapy

H Li, Y Kim, H Jung, JY Hyun, I Shin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Near-infrared (NIR) fluorophores have unique features that endow them with several
advantages over conventional shorter wavelength emitting dyes. As a result, they have been …

Harnessing nanomaterials for cancer sonodynamic immunotherapy

S Liang, J Yao, D Liu, L Rao, X Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy has made remarkable strides in cancer therapy over the past decade.
However, such emerging therapy still suffers from the low response rates and immune …

Engineering nanomedicine for glutathione depletion-augmented cancer therapy

Y Xiong, C Xiao, Z Li, X Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Glutathione (GSH), the main redox buffer, has long been recognized as a pivotal modulator
of tumor initiation, progression and metastasis. It is also implicated in the resistance of …

Photodynamic therapy—current limitations and novel approaches

G Gunaydin, ME Gedik, S Ayan - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) mostly relies on the generation of singlet oxygen, via the
excitation of a photosensitizer, so that target tumor cells can be destroyed. PDT can be …

Stimuli-responsive polymer-based nanosystems for cancer theranostics

D Wei, Y Sun, H Zhu, Q Fu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive polymers can respond to internal stimuli, such as reactive oxygen
species (ROS), glutathione (GSH), and pH, biological stimuli, such as enzymes, and external …

Ferroptosis in the tumor microenvironment: perspectives for immunotherapy

H Xu, D Ye, M Ren, H Zhang, F Bi - Trends in molecular medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Targeting ferroptosis, which provokes lipid peroxidation in cancer cells, presents potentially
new avenues for anticancer therapy. Recent studies have begun to explore how immune …

[HTML][HTML] Combined photodynamic and photothermal therapy and immunotherapy for cancer treatment: a review

C Kong, X Chen - International journal of nanomedicine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photoactivation therapy based on photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy
(PTT) has been identified as a tumour ablation modality for numerous cancer indications …

Oxygen self-generating nanoreactor mediated ferroptosis activation and immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer

K Li, K Xu, Y He, Y Yang, M Tan, Y Mao, Y Zou… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The hypoxia microenvironment of solid tumors poses a technological bottleneck for
ferroptosis and immunotherapy in clinical oncology. Nanoreactors based on special …

A distinct Fusobacterium nucleatum clade dominates the colorectal cancer niche

M Zepeda-Rivera, SS Minot, H Bouzek, H Wu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), a bacterium present in the human oral cavity and rarely
found in the lower gastrointestinal tract of healthy individuals, is enriched in human …