Overcoming barriers in photodynamic therapy harnessing nano-formulation strategies

J Xie, Y Wang, W Choi, P Jangili, Y Ge, Y Xu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

[HTML][HTML] Gold nanoparticles and gold nanorods in the landscape of cancer therapy

P Kesharwani, R Ma, L Sang, M Fatima, A Sheikh… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Cancer is a grievous disease whose treatment requires a more efficient, non-invasive
therapy, associated with minimal side effects. Gold nanoparticles possessing greatly …

Plasmonic photothermal nanoparticles for biomedical applications

M Kim, JH Lee, JM Nam - Advanced Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances of plasmonic nanoparticles include fascinating developments in the fields
of energy, catalyst chemistry, optics, biotechnology, and medicine. The plasmonic …

Biofilm‐sensitive photodynamic nanoparticles for enhanced penetration and antibacterial efficiency

S Wu, C Xu, Y Zhu, L Zheng, L Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient antimicrobials are urgently needed for the treatment of bacterial biofilms due to their
resistance to traditional drugs. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new strategy that has been …

Nanotechnology for multimodal synergistic cancer therapy

W Fan, B Yung, P Huang, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The complexity, diversity, and heterogeneity of tumors seriously undermine the therapeutic
potential of treatment. Therefore, the current trend in clinical research has gradually shifted …

An overview on gold nanorods as versatile nanoparticles in cancer therapy

M Nejabat, A Samie, M Ramezani, M Alibolandi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Gold nanorods (GNRs/AuNRs) are a group of gold nanoparticles which their simple
surface chemistry allows for various surface modifications, providing the possibility of using …

Overcoming the Achilles' heel of photodynamic therapy

W Fan, P Huang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied to treat a wide range of medical conditions,
including wet age-related macular degeneration psoriasis, atherosclerosis, viral infection …

Recent advances in functional nanomaterials for light–triggered cancer therapy

S Gai, G Yang, P Yang, F He, J Lin, D Jin, B Xing - Nano today, 2018 - Elsevier
Photo–triggered therapeutic modalities for cancer have attracted enormous attention in
recent years due to the easily focused and tuned properties of irradiation light that enable …

Near‐infrared‐light‐activatable nanomaterial‐mediated phototheranostic nanomedicines: an emerging paradigm for cancer treatment

R Vankayala, KC Hwang - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases threatening the lives of humans. Although many
treatment methods have been developed to tackle cancer, each modality of cancer treatment …

Gold nanomaterials at work in biomedicine

X Yang, M Yang, B Pang, M Vara, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …