Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Photodynamic therapy: a compendium of latest reviews

JF Algorri, M Ochoa, P Roldan-Varona… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In recent years, numerous general and specific reviews about
photodynamic therapy and related subtopics have been published. The diversity of reviews …

Nanomaterials-based photosensitizers and delivery systems for photodynamic cancer therapy

XT Yu, SY Sui, YX He, CH Yu, Q Peng - Biomaterials Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing cancer morbidity and mortality requires the development of high-efficiency
and low-toxicity anticancer approaches. In recent years, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has …

Photodynamic Therapy: From the Basics to the Current Progress of N-Heterocyclic-Bearing Dyes as Effective Photosensitizers

E Lima, LV Reis - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy, an alternative that has gained weight and popularity compared to
current conventional therapies in the treatment of cancer, is a minimally invasive therapeutic …

Photodynamic inactivation (PDI) as a promising alternative to current pharmaceuticals for the treatment of resistant microorganisms

B Pucelik, JM Dąbrowski - Advances in inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the whole world is currently observing the global battle against COVID-19, it
should not be underestimated that in the next 30 years, approximately 10 million people per …

Recent Photosensitizer Developments, Delivery Strategies and Combination‐based Approaches for Photodynamic Therapy

N Mariño‐Ocampo… - Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy of cancer (PDT) is a therapeutic technique, minimally invasive, which
is currently used to treat cancerous lesions and tumors that have been in the spotlight for its …

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 …

Albumin microbubbles conjugated with zinc and aluminum phthalocyanine dyes for enhanced photodynamic activity

RA Barmin, EA Maksimova, PG Rudakovskaya… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gas-liquid interfaces are reaching a particular interest in biomedicine. Microbubbles,
ultrasound contrast agents of clinical routine, gained increasing attention as theranostic …

Cytotoxic Effects of Combinative ZnPcS4 Photosensitizer Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and Cannabidiol (CBD) on a Cervical Cancer Cell Line

R Razlog, CA Kruger, H Abrahamse - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The most prevalent type of gynecological malignancy globally is cervical cancer (CC).
Complicated by tumor resistance and metastasis, it remains the leading cause of cancer …

Progress in the photodynamic therapy treatment of Leishmaniasis

DG Vital-Fujii, MS Baptista - Brazilian Journal of Medical and …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Leishmaniasis is a serious and endemic infectious disease that has been reported in more
than 90 countries and territories. The classical treatment presents a series of problems …