Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon quantum dots: Preparation, optical properties, and biomedical applications

HL Yang, LF Bai, ZR Geng, H Chen, LT Xu… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
As an excellent fluorescent nanomaterial, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have the properties
of small molecular weight, small particle size, high fluorescence stability, no optical flicker …

Synthesis strategies, luminescence mechanisms, and biomedical applications of near-infrared fluorescent carbon dots

Y Wang, X Li, S Zhao, B Wang, X Song, J Xiao… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) are widely used in biomedical imaging and cancer therapy due to their
excellent water solubility, low toxicity, satisfying biocompatibility, and good tissue …

Photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

M Lan, S Zhao, W Liu, CS Lee… - Advanced healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging clinical modality for cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes
advantage of the cytotoxic activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are generated by …

Strategies to construct efficient singlet oxygen-generating photosensitizers

E Pang, S Zhao, B Wang, G Niu, X Song… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Singlet oxygen (1 O 2) generation is an essential function of photosensitizer (PS) as
applied to photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer. As illustrated in the Jablonski diagram …

Ag-doped metal–organic frameworks' heterostructure for sonodynamic therapy of deep-seated cancer and bacterial infection

X Meng, S Sun, C Gong, J Yang, Z Yang, X Zhang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic frameworks (MOF) have attracted great potential in sonodynamic therapy
(SDT) owing to large sonosensitizers' loading and fast reactive oxygen species'(ROS) …

Phage-guided targeting, discriminative imaging, and synergistic killing of bacteria by AIE bioconjugates

X He, Y Yang, Y Guo, S Lu, Y Du, JJ Li… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
New agents with particular specificity toward targeted bacteria and superefficacy in
antibacterial activity are urgently needed in facing the crisis of worldwide antibiotic …

Recent advances in nanomaterials for sonodynamic therapy

T Xu, S Zhao, C Lin, X Zheng, M Lan - Nano Research, 2020 - Springer
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT), as a novel non-invasive strategy for eliminating tumor, has the
advantages of deeper tissue penetration, fewer side effects, and better patient compliance …

Effective Therapy of Drug‐Resistant Bacterial Infection by Killing Planktonic Bacteria and Destructing Biofilms with Cationic Photosensitizer Based on Phosphindole …

J Li, Z Meng, Z Zhuang, B Wang, J Dai, G Feng, X Lou… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing effective therapies to fight against biofilm‐associated infection is extremely
urgent. The complex environment of biofilm forces the bacteria to evade the elimination of …

Three potential elements of developing nerve guidance conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration

C Zhang, J Gong, J Zhang, Z Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autograft replaced by a nerve guidance conduit (NGC) is challenging in peripheral nerve
injury because current NGC is still limited by precise conductivity and excellent …