Calcium-based biomaterials for diagnosis, treatment, and theranostics

C Qi, J Lin, LH Fu, P Huang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Calcium-based (CaXs) biomaterials including calcium phosphates, calcium carbonates,
calcium silicate and calcium fluoride have been widely utilized in the biomedical field owing …

Using X-rays in photodynamic therapy: an overview

L Larue, AB Mihoub, Z Youssef, L Colombeau… - Photochemical & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy is a therapeutic option to treat cancer and other diseases. PDT is
used every day in dermatology, and recent developments in the treatment of glioblastoma …

Mechanisms for tuning engineered nanomaterials to enhance radiation therapy of cancer

S Clement, JM Campbell, W Deng, A Guller… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Engineered nanomaterials that produce reactive oxygen species on exposure to X‐and
gamma‐rays used in radiation therapy offer promise of novel cancer treatment strategies …

Colloidal KLu 3 F 10: Tb 3+ persistent luminescence nanocrystal based flexible detectors for 3D X-ray imaging

F Xie, D Chen, Y Zhang, X Lv, X Chen, K Sun… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Scintillator-based X-ray detection and imaging have demonstrated significant potential in the
domains of industrial safety inspection and medical diagnosis. However, developing X-ray …

Connecting calcium-based nanomaterials and cancer: from diagnosis to therapy

S Bai, Y Lan, S Fu, H Cheng, Z Lu, G Liu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
As the indispensable second cellular messenger, calcium signaling is involved in the
regulation of almost all physiological processes by activating specific target proteins. The …

Progress in the development of nanosensitizers for X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy

XD Ren, XY Hao, HC Li, MR Ke, BY Zheng… - Drug Discovery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•X-ray-induced photodynamic (X-PDT) is a new approach to tackle deep tumors.•X-
ray-induced sensitizers (XSs) are the key to X-PDT.•The development of XSs is discussed in …

In vitro study: green synthesis and evaluation of MgO/C-dots/DOX phosphorescent nanocomposites for photodynamic/photocatalytic therapy of tumors

M Karimi, E Sadeghi, M Zahedifar, M Nejati… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
MgO nanoparticles (NPs) and carbon dots (C-dots) were synthesized by co-precipitation and
hydrothermal techniques. In the next step, as-synthesized NPs were modified by C-dots …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale “fluorescent stone”: luminescent calcium fluoride nanoparticles as theranostic platforms

Z Li, Y Zhang, L Huang, Y Yang, Y Zhao, G El-Banna… - Theranostics, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Calcium Fluoride (CaF 2) based luminescent nanoparticles exhibit unique,
outstanding luminescent properties, and represent promising candidates as nanoplatforms …

Synthesis of graphene quantum dots decorated with Se, Eu and Ag as photosensitizer and study of their potential to use in photodynamic therapy

M Roeinfard, M Zahedifar, M Darroudi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
GQDs decorated with europium (Eu), silver (Ag) and selenium (Se) at molar ratios of 0.1%,
0.3% and 0.5% were produced for the first time at different temperatures of 180° C, 200° C …

Optical properties, singlet oxygen, and free radical production ability with different UV irradiations and antimicrobial inhibitors against various bacterial species of ZnO …

M Karimi, E Sadeghi, SK Bigdeli, M Zahedifar - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, ZnO: Eu nanoparticles were produced by the co-precipitation method.
In this context, X-ray diffraction (XRD) was analyzed to characterized the produced …