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 …

BODIPY as a Multifunctional Theranostic Reagent in Biomedicine: Self‐Assembly, Properties, and Applications

HB Cheng, X Cao, S Zhang, K Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The use of boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) in biomedicine is reviewed. To open, its
synthesis and regulatory strategies are summarized, and inspiring cutting‐edge work in post …

Supramolecular photosensitizer enables oxygen-independent generation of hydroxyl radicals for photodynamic therapy

KX Teng, LY Niu, QZ Yang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The highly oxygen-dependent nature of photodynamic therapy (PDT) limits its therapeutic
efficacy against hypoxic solid tumors in clinics, which is an urgent problem to be solved …

A dynamic assembly-induced emissive system for advanced information encryption with time-dependent security

Q Wang, B Lin, M Chen, C Zhao, H Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of advanced materials for information encryption with time-dependent
features is essential to meet the increasing demand on encryption security. Herein, smart …

Photocatalytic superoxide radical generator that induces pyroptosis in cancer cells

L Yu, Y Xu, Z Pu, H Kang, M Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pyroptosis, a newly characterized form of immunogenic cell death, is attracting increasing
attention as a promising approach to cancer immunotherapy. However, biocompatible …

Engineering of BODIPY-based theranostics for cancer therapy

Z Mao, JH Kim, J Lee, H Xiong, F Zhang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, BODIPY-based theranostics have increasingly been used in cancer therapy
and have achieved significant success. According to photochemical theories, the optical …

Self‐sacrificially degradable pseudo‐semiconducting polymer nanoparticles that integrate NIR‐II fluorescence bioimaging, photodynamic immunotherapy, and photo …

D Tang, Y Yu, J Zhang, X Dong, C Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconducting polymers (SP) hold great promise for cancer phototherapy due to their
excellent optical properties; however, their clinical application is still hampered by their poor …

An Activatable Phototheranostic Probe for Anti‐hypoxic Type I Photodynamic‐and Immuno‐Therapy of Cancer

M Zhao, Y Zhang, J Miao, H Zhou, Y Jiang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which utilizes type I photoreactions, has great potential as an
effective cancer treatment because of its hypoxia‐tolerant superiority over the commonly …

Research advances in BODIPY-assembled supramolecular photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

J Wang, Q Gong, L Jiao, E Hao - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising therapeutic approach for anticancer and
antibacterial treatment via photoinduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation …

A bacteria‐responsive porphyrin for adaptable photodynamic/photothermal therapy

H Hu, H Wang, Y Yang, JF Xu, X Zhang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We report a cationic porphyrin 5, 10, 15, 20‐tetrakis‐(4‐N‐methylpyridyl)‐porphyrin (TMPyP)
that can respond to specific bacteria, followed by adaptable photodynamic/photothermal …