Recent advances in functional nanomaterials for light–triggered cancer therapy

S Gai, G Yang, P Yang, F He, J Lin, D Jin, B Xing - Nano today, 2018 - Elsevier
Photo–triggered therapeutic modalities for cancer have attracted enormous attention in
recent years due to the easily focused and tuned properties of irradiation light that enable …

Hypoxia-targeted drug delivery

A Sharma, JF Arambula, S Koo, R Kumar… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Hypoxia is a state of low oxygen tension found in numerous solid tumours. It is typically
associated with abnormal vasculature, which results in a reduced supply of oxygen and …

Fluorescent chemical probes for accurate tumor diagnosis and targeting therapy

M Gao, F Yu, C Lv, J Choo, L Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Surgical resection of solid tumors is currently the gold standard and preferred therapeutic
strategy for cancer. Chemotherapy drugs also make a significant contribution by inhibiting …

Cancer‐associated, stimuli‐driven, turn on theranostics for multimodality imaging and therapy

X Li, J Kim, J Yoon, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics have facilitated the
development of novel anticancer agents that have decreased side effects and increased …

Tumor‐targeting glycol chitosan nanoparticles for cancer heterogeneity

JH Ryu, HY Yoon, IC Sun, IC Kwon… - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicine is extensively employed for cancer treatment owing to its unique advantages
over conventional drugs and imaging agents. This increased attention to nanomedicine …

Intraligand excited states turn a ruthenium oligothiophene complex into a light-triggered Ubertoxin with anticancer effects in extreme hypoxia

JA Roque III, HD Cole, PC Barrett… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ru (II) complexes that undergo photosubstitution reactions from triplet metal-centered (3MC)
excited states are of interest in photochemotherapy (PCT) due to their potential to produce …

Fluorogenic reaction-based prodrug conjugates as targeted cancer theranostics

MH Lee, A Sharma, MJ Chang, J Lee, S Son… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Theranostic systems are receiving ever-increasing attention due to their potential
therapeutic utility, imaging enhancement capability, and promise for advancing the field of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in self-immolative linkers and their applications in polymeric reporting systems

AG Gavriel, MR Sambrook, AT Russell, W Hayes - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Interest in self-immolative chemistry has grown over the past decade with more research
groups harnessing the versatility to control the release of a compound from a larger …

[HTML][HTML] Breaking the barrier: an osmium photosensitizer with unprecedented hypoxic phototoxicity for real world photodynamic therapy

JA Roque, PC Barrett, HD Cole, LM Lifshits, G Shi… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hypoxia presents a two-fold challenge in the treatment of cancer, as low oxygen conditions
induce biological changes that make malignant tissues simultaneously more aggressive and …

Innovative linker strategies for tumor‐targeted drug conjugates

A Dal Corso, L Pignataro, L Belvisi… - … –A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The covalent conjugation of potent cytotoxic agents to either macromolecular carriers or
small molecules represents a well‐known approach to increase the therapeutic index of …