BODIPY photosensitizers for antibacterial photodynamic therapy

Y Guan, B Yu, J Ding, T Sun, Z Xie - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Bacterial infections pose a significant threat to human health and entail substantial
economic losses. Due to the broad-spectrum antibacterial effect and low susceptibility to …

[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic Therapy Review: Past, Present, Future, Opportunities and Challenges

Y Allamyradov, J ben Yosef, B Annamuradov, M Ateyeh… - Photochem, 2024 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical treatment that utilizes photosensitizing agents,
along with light, to produce reactive oxygen species that can kill nearby cells. When the …

Designing Quasi-Intrinsic Photosensitizers with Dual Function of Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy

X Cui, J Fan, Y Gao, X Zhou, C Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Photosensitizers (PSs) with effective two-photon absorption in the therapeutic window are
the key to two-photon photodynamic therapy. However, the traditional exogenous PSs …

Near-IR nanolignin sensitizers based on pyrene-conjugated chlorin and bacteriochlorin for ROS generation, DNA intercalation and bioimaging

K Gogde, S Kirar, AK Pujari, D Mohne… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent agents are extensively used for biomedical imaging due to
their ability for deep tissue penetration. Tetrapyrrole-based photosensitizers are promising …

Newly Designed Quasi-intrinsic Photosensitizers for Fluorescence Image-Guided Two-Photon Photodynamic Therapy with Type I/II Photoreactions

X Cui, H Yuan, X Chen, Q Meng… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In this work, a set of quasi-intrinsic photosensitizers are theoretically proposed based on the
2-amino-8-(1′-β-d-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-imidazo [1, 2-α]-1, 3, 5-triazin-4 (8H)-one (P) …

Deep Red‐Light‐Mediated Nitric Oxide and Photodynamic Synergistic Antibacterial Therapy for the Treatment of Drug‐Resistant Bacterial Infections

J Lin, M Cao, S Wang, X Wu, Y Pan, Z Dai, N Xu, L Zuo… - Small, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Infections caused by persistent, drug‐resistant bacteria pose significant challenges in
inflammation treatment, often leading to severe morbidity and mortality. Herein, the …

Co-Administration of Chemo-Phototherapeutic Loaded Lignin Nanoarchitecture for the Treatment of Skin Cancer Cell Lines and Bacterial Infections

S Paul, A De, S Kirar, NS Thakur… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Epidermoid carcinoma is the utmost frequent type of skin cancer worldwide resulting in
bacterial infection-induced chronic wounds. The primary available treatment option is …

Lignin-Derived Gold–Titanium Dioxide Nanophotocomposites as Potent Photoactivatable Probes for Microbial Inactivation

K Rawat, R Kaur, AK Pujari, S Kirar… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The overuse of antibiotics has accelerated antibiotic resistance, and it is a significant global
threat to public health. To combat the rising threat of drug-resistant microbes, antimicrobial …

Porphyrin-Polymer as a Photosensitizer Prodrug for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy and Biomolecule Binding Ability

L Tabrizi, R McGarry, K Turzanska… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This study presents the development and characterization of a novel porphyrin-Jeffamine
polymer conjugate designed to function as a photosensitizer prodrug for antimicrobial …

Biomaterials-based phototherapy for bacterial infections

G Wu, Z Xu, Y Yu, M Zhang, S Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance are global health problems, and current
treatments for bacterial infections still rely on the use of antibiotics. Phototherapy based on …