Overcoming barriers in photodynamic therapy harnessing nano-formulation strategies

J Xie, Y Wang, W Choi, P Jangili, Y Ge, Y Xu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

Photodynamic therapy: Innovative approaches for antibacterial and anticancer treatments

M Kolarikova, B Hosikova, H Dilenko… - Medicinal Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …

The unique features and promises of phthalocyanines as advanced photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy of cancer

PC Lo, MS Rodríguez-Morgade, RK Pandey… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Phthalocyanines exhibit superior photoproperties that make them a surely attractive class of
photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy of cancer. Several derivatives are at various …

Block copolymer micelles in nanomedicine applications

H Cabral, K Miyata, K Osada, K Kataoka - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polymeric micelles are demonstrating high potential as nanomedicines capable of
controlling the distribution and function of loaded bioactive agents in the body, effectively …

Overcoming the Achilles' heel of photodynamic therapy

W Fan, P Huang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied to treat a wide range of medical conditions,
including wet age-related macular degeneration psoriasis, atherosclerosis, viral infection …

Precise nanomedicine for intelligent therapy of cancer

H Chen, Z Gu, H An, C Chen, J Chen, R Cui… - Science China …, 2018 - Springer
Precise nanomedicine has been extensively explored for efficient cancer imaging and
targeted cancer therapy, as evidenced by a few breakthroughs in their preclinical and …

Photodynamic therapy: photosensitizers and nanostructures

A Escudero, C Carrillo-Carrión… - Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The reactions of some structures to different external stimuli can be used for therapeutic
purposes. In particular, in photodynamic therapy (PDT), a light-sensitive compound or …

Functional nanomaterials for phototherapies of cancer

L Cheng, C Wang, L Feng, K Yang, Z Liu - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cancer has been one of the major threats to the lives of human beings for centuries.(1)
Current cancer therapies mainly include surgery, chemotherapies, and radiotherapies …

Photosensitizers in antibacterial photodynamic therapy: An overview

J Ghorbani, D Rahban, S Aghamiri, A Teymouri… - Laser therapy, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Antibacterial Photodynamic therapy (APDT) is a process utilizing light and light sensitive
agents (named photosensitizer (PS)) and is usually applied in an oxygen-rich environment …

A smart photosensitizer–manganese dioxide nanosystem for enhanced photodynamic therapy by reducing glutathione levels in cancer cells

H Fan, G Yan, Z Zhao, X Hu, W Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied in cancer treatment by utilizing reactive
oxygen species to kill cancer cells. However, a high concentration of glutathione (GSH) is …