Photothermal therapy and photoacoustic imaging via nanotheranostics in fighting cancer

Y Liu, P Bhattarai, Z Dai, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The nonradiative conversion of light energy into heat (photothermal therapy, PTT) or sound
energy (photoacoustic imaging, PAI) has been intensively investigated for the treatment and …

Multifunctional nanotheranostics for near infrared optical imaging-guided treatment of brain tumors

L Zhang, Y Liu, H Huang, H Xie, B Zhang, W Xia… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Malignant brain tumors, a heterogeneous group of primary and metastatic neoplasms in the
central nervous system (CNS), are notorious for their highly invasive and devastating …

Organic sonosensitizers for sonodynamic therapy: from small molecules and nanoparticles toward clinical development

D Li, Y Yang, D Li, J Pan, C Chu, G Liu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is a novel noninvasive therapeutic modality that combines low‐
intensity ultrasound and sonosensitizers. Versus photo‐mediated therapy, SDT has the …

[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 …

Adding flying wings: butterfly-shaped NIR-II AIEgens with multiple molecular rotors for photothermal combating of bacterial biofilms

D Yan, Y Huang, J Zhang, Q Wu, G Song… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ever-increasing threats of multidrug-resistant bacteria and their biofilm-associated
infections have bred a desperate demand for alternative remedies to combat them. Near …

Supramolecular nanofibrils formed by coassembly of clinically approved drugs for tumor photothermal immunotherapy

S Li, W Zhang, R Xing, C Yuan, H Xue… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal malignancies, compromises the performance of
traditional therapeutic regimens in the clinic because of stromal resistance to systemic drug …

Albumin tailoring fluorescence and photothermal conversion effect of near-infrared-II fluorophore with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

S Gao, G Wei, S Zhang, B Zheng, J Xu, G Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Fluorophores with donor-acceptor-donor groups with the emission spanning the second
near-infrared window (NIR-II) have recently received great attention for biomedical …

Photodynamic and photothermal co-driven CO-enhanced multi-mode synergistic antibacterial nanoplatform to effectively fight against biofilm infections

X Cai, J Tian, J Zhu, J Chen, L Li, C Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) have garnered much attention
for effectively treating biofilm infections. However, even highly efficient PTT reagents and …

Smart human serum albumin-indocyanine green nanoparticles generated by programmed assembly for dual-modal imaging-guided cancer synergistic phototherapy

Z Sheng, D Hu, M Zheng, P Zhao, H Liu, D Gao… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Phototherapy, including photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT), is a
light-activated local treatment modality that is under intensive preclinical and clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Indocyanine green-incorporating nanoparticles for cancer theranostics

H Wang, X Li, BWC Tse, H Yang, CA Thorling, Y Liu… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Indocyanine green (ICG) is a near-infrared dye that has been used in the clinic for retinal
angiography, and defining cardiovascular and liver function for over 50 years. Recently …