Surface modified lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles for drug delivery, cellular uptake mechanism, and current challenges in NIR-driven therapies

AA Ansari, AK Parchur, G Chen - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Lanthanides (Ln 3+) are a particular class of optical materials and are regularly
utilized as a structure block for architectures of optoelectronic frameworks because of their …

Tissue-specific near-infrared fluorescence imaging

EA Owens, M Henary, G El Fakhri… - Accounts of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence light has been widely utilized in clinical
imaging by providing surgeons highly specific images of target tissue. The “NIR window” …

NIR fluorescence-guided tumor surgery: new strategies for the use of indocyanine green

C Egloff-Juras, L Bezdetnaya, G Dolivet… - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Surgery is the frontline treatment for a large number of cancers. The objective of these
excisional surgeries is the complete removal of the primary tumor with sufficient safety …

De novo design of phototheranostic sensitizers based on structure-inherent targeting for enhanced cancer ablation

M Li, S Long, Y Kang, L Guo, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Structure-inherent targeting (SIT) agents are of particular importance for clinical precision
medicine; however, there still exists a great lack of SIT phototheranostics for simultaneous …

Nile red and nile blue: applications and syntheses of structural analogues

V Martinez, M Henary - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nile red and Nile blue are highly fluorescent and photostable organic dyes from the benzo
[a] phenoxazine family. They have been used as histological stains for imaging lysosomes …

Near-infrared fluorescence imaging in immunotherapy

Y Ji, C Jones, Y Baek, GK Park, S Kashiwagi… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Near-infrared (NIR) light possesses many suitable optophysical properties for medical
imaging including low autofluorescence, deep tissue penetration, and minimal light …

Light-responsive nanomedicine for biophotonic imaging and targeted therapy

J Son, G Yi, J Yoo, C Park, H Koo, HS Choi - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) play a key role in nanomedicine in multimodal imaging, drug delivery
and targeted therapy of human diseases. Consequently, due to the attractive properties of …

Theranostic nanosystems for targeted cancer therapy

H Kang, S Hu, MH Cho, SH Hong, Y Choi, HS Choi - Nano Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials have revolutionized cancer imaging, diagnosis, and treatment.
Multifunctional nanoparticles in particular have been designed for targeted cancer therapy …

[HTML][HTML] NIR fluorescence imaging and treatment for cancer immunotherapy

H Kang, MW Kang, S Kashiwagi… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most powerful anticancer therapies.
However, the details on the interaction between tumors and the immune system are …

ZW800‐PEG: A renal clearable Zwitterionic near‐infrared fluorophore for potential clinical translation

C Yang, H Wang, S Yokomizo, M Hickey… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Near‐infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging has advanced medical imaging and image‐
guided interventions during the past three decades. Despite tremendous advances in …