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 …

Metal-based drugs that break the rules

CS Allardyce, PJ Dyson - Dalton transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Cisplatin and other platinum compounds have had a huge impact in the treatment of cancers
and are applied in the majority of anticancer chemotherapeutic regimens. The success of …

Photodynamic therapy and immunity: an update

R Falk‐Mahapatra, SO Gollnick - Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Dr. Thomas Dougherty and his Oncology Foundation of Buffalo were the first to
support my (SOG) research into the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on the host …

Cell death pathways associated with photodynamic therapy: an update

D Kessel, NL Oleinick - Photochemistry and photobiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has the potential to make a significant impact on cancer
treatment. PDT can sensitize malignant tissues to light, leading to a highly selective effect if …

Zinc (II) phthalocyanines as photosensitizers for antitumor photodynamic therapy

LP Roguin, N Chiarante, MCG Vior, J Marino - The international journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a highly specific and clinically approved method for cancer
treatment in which a nontoxic drug known as photosensitizer (PS) is administered to a …

New insights into the mechanisms for photodynamic therapy-induced cancer cell death

JO Yoo, KS Ha - International review of cell and molecular biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising therapeutic modality for cancer treatment;
however, a more detailed understanding is needed to improve the clinical use of this …

Photodynamic therapy for cancer and for infections: what is the difference?

SK Sharma, P Mroz, T Dai, YY Huang… - Israel journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) was discovered over one hundred years ago when it was
observed that certain dyes could kill microorganisms when exposed to light in the presence …

Versatile strategy to generate a rhodamine triplet state as mitochondria-targeting visible-light photosensitizers for efficient photodynamic therapy

C Liu, L Zhou, F Wei, L Li, S Zhao, P Gong… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Through the use of a rhodamine-appended chelate, bpy-Rho, a versatile strategy has been
demonstrated to readily form mitochondria-targeting photosensitizers via the incorporation of …

Organic Fluorescent Probes for Monitoring Micro-Environments in Living Cells and Tissues

R Yang, T Zhu, J Xu, Y Zhao, Y Kuang, M Sun, Y Chen… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
As a vital parameter in living cells and tissues, the micro-environment is crucial for the living
organisms. Significantly, organelles require proper micro-environment to achieve normal …

Mitoferrin-2-dependent mitochondrial iron uptake sensitizes human head and neck squamous carcinoma cells to photodynamic therapy

HI Hung, JM Schwartz, EN Maldonado… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising approach to treat head and neck cancer cells.
Here, we investigated whether mitochondrial iron uptake through mitoferrin-2 (Mfrn2) …