Recent progress in the development of upconversion nanomaterials in bioimaging and disease treatment

G Liang, H Wang, H Shi, H Wang, M Zhu, A Jing… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Multifunctional lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), which feature
efficiently convert low-energy photons into high-energy photons, have attracted …

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 …

Inorganic nanoparticles applied for active targeted photodynamic therapy of breast cancer

H Montaseri, CA Kruger, H Abrahamse - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative modality to conventional cancer treatment,
whereby a specific wavelength of light is applied to a targeted tumor, which has either a …

Nanomedicine in treatment of breast cancer–A challenge to conventional therapy

M Afzal, KS Alharbi, NK Alruwaili, FA Al-Abassi… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Amongst the various types of cancer, breast cancer is a highly heterogeneous disease and
known as the leading cause of death among women globally. The extensive interdisciplinary …

Advances in liposome-encapsulated phthalocyanines for photodynamic therapy

J Rak, M Kabesova, J Benes, P Pouckova, D Vetvicka - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
This updated review aims to describe the current status in the development of liposome-
based systems for the targeted delivery of phthalocyanines for photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

Photosensitizer antibody–drug conjugates: past, present, and future

J Sandland, RW Boyle - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
This Review aims to highlight key aspects of tetrapyrrole-based antibody–drug conjugates
(ADCs) and significant developments in the field since 2010. Many new conjugation …

Nanobodies as efficient drug-carriers: progress and trends in chemotherapy

SS Panikar, N Banu, J Haramati… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanobodies (Nb) have a promising future as a part of next generation chemodrug delivery
systems. Nb, or VHH, are small (15 kDa) monomeric antibody fragments consisting of the …

Anti-fouling SERS-based immunosensor for point-of-care detection of the B7–H6 tumor biomarker in cervical cancer patient serum

SS Panikar, N Banu, J Haramati… - Analytica Chimica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, we report the development of sandwich type Surface Enhanced Raman
Spectroscopy (SERS) immunosensor modified to be zwitterionic for the detection of soluble …

Photoimmunoconjugates: novel synthetic strategies to target and treat cancer by photodynamic therapy

SRG Fernandes, R Fernandes, B Sarmento… - Organic & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combines a photosensitizer (PS) with the physical energy of
non-ionizing light to trigger cell death pathways. PDT has potential as a therapeutic modality …

Nanotechnology based therapeutic application in cancer diagnosis and therapy

R Singh - 3 Biotech, 2019 - Springer
Due to the lack of early diagnosis, cancer remains as one of the leading cause of human
mortality. Inability to translate research into clinical trials and also inability of …