Development of organic photosensitizers for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

W Zhou, X Jiang, X Zhen - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacterial infection poses a significant threat to human health, and the emergence of
antibiotic-resistant strains has exacerbated the situation. Antimicrobial photodynamic …

Functional carbohydrate-based hydrogels for diabetic wound therapy

Y Zhang, Y Zhu, P Ma, H Wu, D Xiao, Y Zhang… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diabetes wound are grave and universal complications of diabetes. Owing to poor treatment
course, high amputation rate and mortality, diabetes wound treatment and care have …

Size engineering of 2D MOF nanosheets for enhanced photodynamic antimicrobial therapy

B Xue, X Geng, H Cui, H Chen, Z Wu, H Chen… - Chinese Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although porphyrin-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely explored as
photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, how the size will affect the light-induced catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] pH-switchable nanozyme cascade catalysis: a strategy for spatial–temporal modulation of pathological wound microenvironment to rescue stalled healing in …

X Du, B Jia, W Wang, C Zhang, X Liu, Y Qu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The management of diabetic ulcer (DU) to rescue stalled wound healing remains a
paramount clinical challenge due to the spatially and temporally coupled pathological …

Protease-Loaded CuS Nanoparticles with Synergistic Photothermal/Dynamic Therapy against F. nucleatum-Induced Periodontitis

P Gao, G Li, Z Wang, H Zhang, Y Shan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease induced by a plaque biofilm, which can lead
to the destruction of the periodontal support tissue and even teeth loss. The common …

Hydrophobic modification improves the delivery of cell-penetrating peptides to eliminate intracellular pathogens in animals

Q Tang, P Tan, Z Dai, T Wang, S Xu, Y Ding, J Jin… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Infections induced by intracellular pathogens are difficult to eradicate due to poor
penetration of antimicrobials into cell membranes. It is of great importance to develop a new …

Metabolic labeling strategy boosted antibacterial efficiency for photothermal and photodynamic synergistic bacteria-infected wound therapy

N Li, G Wu, L Tang, W Zhou, S Yang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pathogenic bacteria infections bring about a substantial risk to human health. Given the
development of antibiotic-resistance bacteria, alternative antibacterial strategies with great …

Regulating the bacterial oxygen microenvironment via a perfluorocarbon-conjugated bacteriochlorin for enhanced photodynamic antibacterial efficacy

M Wu, C Chen, Z Liu, J Tian, W Zhang - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has attracted considerable attention, since it could effectively
kill bacteria and prevent the development of multi-drug resistance. However, PDT currently …

[HTML][HTML] Fluorescent polymers conspectus

G Ahumada, M Borkowska - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of luminescent materials is critical to humankind. The Nobel Prizes
awarded in 2008 and 2010 for research on the development of green fluorescent proteins …

NIR-activated quercetin-based nanogels embedded with CuS nanoclusters for the treatment of drug-resistant biofilms and accelerated chronic wound healing

A Nain, YT Tseng, A Gupta, YF Lin, S Arumugam… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We have developed multifunctional nanogels with antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-
inflammatory properties, facilitating rapid wound healing. To prepare the multifunctional …