Photodynamic and antibiotic therapy in combination against bacterial infections: efficacy, determinants, mechanisms, and future perspectives

Y Feng, CC Tonon, S Ashraf, T Hasan - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic treatment, the mainstay for the control of bacterial infections, is greatly hampered
by the global prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

Antibody‐incorporated nanomedicines for cancer therapy

SY Wu, FG Wu, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antibody‐based cancer therapy, one of the most significant therapeutic strategies, has
achieved considerable success and progress over the past decades. Nevertheless …

EGFR-targeted photodynamic therapy

L Ulfo, PE Costantini, M Di Giosia, A Danielli… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays a pivotal role in the proliferation and
metastatization of cancer cells. Aberrancies in the expression and activation of EGFR are …

Photosensitizer-functionalized nanocomposites for light-activated cancer theranostics

BS Dash, S Das, JP Chen - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photosensitizers (PSs) have received significant attention recently in cancer treatment due
to its theranostic capability for imaging and phototherapy. These PSs are highly responsive …

Remediating desmoplasia with EGFR‐targeted photoactivable multi‐inhibitor liposomes doubles overall survival in pancreatic cancer

G Obaid, S Bano, H Thomsen, S Callaghan… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Desmoplasia is characteristic of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which exhibits
5‐year survival rates of 3%. Desmoplasia presents physical and biochemical barriers that …

[HTML][HTML] Recent strides in macromolecular targeted photodynamic therapy for cancer

MB Quaye, G Obaid - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent approval of Akalux® for antibody-targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) in Japan
(also known as photoimmunotherapy), and the recent approval of Cytalux® for folate …

PD‐L1 Immune Checkpoint Targeted Photoactivable Liposomes (iTPALs) Prime the Stroma of Pancreatic Tumors and Promote Self‐Delivery

C Bhandari, A Moffat, N Shah, A Khan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Desmoplasia in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) limits the penetration and
efficacy of therapies. It has been previously shown that photodynamic priming (PDP) using …

Progress in nanocarriers codelivery system to enhance the anticancer effect of photodynamic therapy

YL Yang, K Lin, L Yang - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising anticancer noninvasive method and has great
potential for clinical applications. Unfortunately, PDT still has many limitations, such as …

What NIR photodynamic activation offers molecular targeted nanomedicines: Perspectives into the conundrum of tumor specificity and selectivity

C Bhandari, M Guirguis, NA Savan, N Shrivastava… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Near infrared (NIR) photodynamic activation is playing increasingly critical roles in cutting-
edge anti-cancer nanomedicines, which include spatiotemporal control over induction of …

Spotlight on photoactivatable liposomes beyond drug delivery: an enabler of multitargeting of molecular pathways

MA Saad, T Hasan - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The potential of photoactivating certain molecules, photosensitizers (PS), resulting in
photochemical processes, has long been realized in the form of photodynamic therapy …