Luminescent and photofunctional transition metal complexes: From molecular design to diagnostic and therapeutic applications

LCC Lee, KKW Lo - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
There has been emerging interest in the exploitation of the photophysical and
photochemical properties of transition metal complexes for diagnostic and therapeutic …

Visible-light-mediated modification and manipulation of biomacromolecules

VM Lechner, M Nappi, PJ Deneny, S Folliet… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chemically modified biomacromolecules─ ie, proteins, nucleic acids, glycans, and lipids─
have become crucial tools in chemical biology. They are extensively used not only to …

Activating innate immunity by a STING signal amplifier for local and systemic immunotherapy

W Song, SJ Song, J Kuang, H Yang, T Yu, F Yang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The number of patients who benefit from acquired immunotherapy is limited. Stimulator of
interferon genes (STING) signal activation is a significant component to enhance innate …

Strategies for the nuclear delivery of metal complexes to cancer cells

M Huynh, R Vinck, B Gibert, G Gasser - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The nucleus is an essential organelle for the function of cells. It holds most of the genetic
material and plays a crucial role in the regulation of cell growth and proliferation. Since …

“Dual-key-and-lock” ruthenium complex probe for lysosomal formaldehyde in cancer cells and tumors

C Liu, R Zhang, W Zhang, J Liu, YL Wang… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biomedical investigations reveal that excessive formaldehyde generation is possibly a
critical factor for tissue cancerization, cancer progression, and metastasis. Responsive …

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials for time‐resolved luminescence imaging and sensing

F Ni, N Li, L Zhan, C Yang - Advanced Optical Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most attractive purely organic luminescent materials, thermally activated
delayed fluorescence (TADF) luminophores have drawn wide attention in the last decade …

Anticancer cyclometalated iridium (III) complexes with planar ligands: mitochondrial DNA damage and metabolism disturbance

JJ Cao, Y Zheng, XW Wu, CP Tan… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Emerging studies have shown that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a potential target for
cancer therapy. Herein, six cyclometalated Ir (III) complexes Ir1–Ir6 containing a series of …

Ruthenium-based antitumor drugs and delivery systems from monotherapy to combination therapy

Y Lu, D Zhu, Q Le, Y Wang, W Wang - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ruthenium complex is an important compound group for antitumor drug research and
development. NAMI-A, KP1019, TLD1433 and other ruthenium complexes have entered …

A Tailored multifunctional anticancer nanodelivery system for ruthenium‐based photosensitizers: tumor microenvironment adaption and remodeling

JH Liang, Y Zheng, XW Wu, CP Tan, LN Ji… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ruthenium complexes are promising photosensitizers (PSs), but their clinical applications
have many limitations. Here, a multifunctional nano‐platform PDA‐Pt‐CD@ RuFc formed by …

Mechanisms of action of Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes in living cells upon light irradiation

M Jakubaszek, B Goud, S Ferrari… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The unique photophysical properties of Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes make them very
attractive candidates as photosensitisers in Photodynamic Therapy (PDT). However, to date …