Fluorescent dyes based on rhodamine derivatives for bioimaging and therapeutics: recent progress, challenges, and prospects

S Zeng, X Liu, YS Kafuti, H Kim, J Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Since their inception, rhodamine dyes have been extensively applied in biotechnology as
fluorescent markers or for the detection of biomolecules owing to their good optical physical …

Advanced techniques for performing photodynamic therapy in deep-seated tissues

B Sun, JNB Rahmat, Y Zhang - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising localized cancer treatment modality. It has been
used successfully to treat a range of dermatological conditions with comparable efficacy to …

Tailoring photosensitive ROS for advanced photodynamic therapy

DL Sai, J Lee, DL Nguyen, YP Kim - Experimental & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been considered a noninvasive and cost-effective
modality for tumor treatment. However, the complexity of tumor microenvironments poses …

Reactive oxygen species generating systems meeting challenges of photodynamic cancer therapy

Z Zhou, J Song, L Nie, X Chen - Chemical society reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated mechanism is the major cause underlying the
efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT). The PDT procedure is based on the cascade of …

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 …

Light technology for efficient and effective photodynamic therapy: A critical review

JF Algorri, M Ochoa, P Roldan-Varona… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment for cancerous
tumours in which light technologies play a crucial role. An attempt to answer a long-standing …

Light in diagnosis, therapy and surgery

SH Yun, SJJ Kwok - Nature biomedical engineering, 2017 - nature.com
Light and optical techniques have made profound impacts on modern medicine, with
numerous lasers and optical devices currently being used in clinical practice to assess …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the barriers of light penetration: strategies, perspectives and possibilities for photodynamic therapy

S Mallidi, S Anbil, AL Bulin, G Obaid, M Ichikawa… - Theranostics, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemistry based treatment modality that involves the
generation of cytotoxic species through the interactions of a photosensitizer molecule with …

Recent advances in photonanomedicines for enhanced cancer photodynamic therapy

JJ Hu, Q Lei, XZ Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, photodynamic therapy (PDT) that employs photosensitizers (PSs) to generate
cytotoxic species under light irradiation for selective destruction of neoplastic lesions has …

1001 lights: luciferins, luciferases, their mechanisms of action and applications in chemical analysis, biology and medicine

ZM Kaskova, AS Tsarkova, IV Yampolsky - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioluminescence (BL) is a spectacular phenomenon involving light emission by live
organisms. It is caused by the oxidation of a small organic molecule, luciferin, with molecular …