Versatile peptide-based nanosystems for photodynamic therapy

Q Li, R Ming, L Huang, R Zhang - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has become an important therapeutic strategy because it is
highly controllable, effective, and does not cause drug resistance. Moreover, precise …

Recent advances in applications of fluorescent perylenediimide and perylenemonoimide dyes in bioimaging, photothermal and photodynamic therapy

O Krupka, P Hudhomme - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The emblematic perylenediimide (PDI) motif which was initially used as a simple dye has
undergone incredible development in recent decades. The increasing power of synthetic …

Enhancing Fractionated Cancer Therapy: A Triple-Anthracene Photosensitizer Unleashes Long-Persistent Photodynamic and Luminous Efficacy

Y Wang, H Shen, Z Li, S Liao, B Yin… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conventional photodynamic therapy (PDT) is often limited in treating solid tumors due to
hypoxic conditions that impede the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are …

Fluorescent Probes Based on AIEgen‐Mediated Polyelectrolyte Assemblies for Manipulating Intramolecular Motion and Magnetic Relaxivity

Y Yao, P Ding, C Yan, Y Tao, B Peng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Uniting photothermal therapy (PTT) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) holds great
potential in nanotheranostics. However, the extensively utilized hydrophobicity‐driven …

Spinel-type persistent luminescence nanoparticles: From mechanisms, compositions to applications

T Zhao, R Abdurahman, R Aiwaili, S Wu… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spinel-structure persistent luminescence nanoparticles (SS-PLNPs) have attracted
considerable interest due to their magical afterglow emission. SS-PLNPs constitute spinel …

A Bioactive Photosensitizer for Hypoxia‐Tolerant Molecular Targeting‐Photo‐Immunotherapy of Malignant Tumor

L Fan, C Jian, L Li, L Wang, X Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photosensitizers (PSs) with effective reactive oxygen species generation ability against
hypoxia are of great potential for clinical treatment of malignant tumors. However, complex …

Site-selected thionated benzothioxanthene chromophores as heavy-atom-free small-molecule photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

M Deiana, P Josse, C Dalinot, A Osmolovskyi… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Photodynamic therapy is a clinically approved anticancer modality that employs a light-
activated agent (photosensitizer) to generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

Architectures and mechanisms of perylene diimide-based optical chemosensors for pH probing

S Chen, M Zhou, L Zhu, X Yang, L Zang - Chemosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The precise control and monitoring of pH values remain critical for many chemical,
physiological and biological processes. Perylene diimide (PDI)-based molecules and …

Molecular-scale design of azulene-based triplet photosensitizers: Insights from time-dependent optimally tuned range-separated hybrid

P Debnath, R Ahmed, AK Manna - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metal-free triplet photosensitizers are ubiquitous in photocatalysis, photodynamic therapy,
photovoltaics, and so forth. Their photosensitization efficiency strongly depends on the …

Uniting Dual‐Modal MRI/Chemiluminescence Nanotheranostics: Spatially and Sensitively Self‐Reporting Photodynamic Therapy in Oral Cancer

Y Tao, C Yan, Y Wu, D Li, J Li, Y Xie… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Unpredictable in vivo therapeutic feedback of reactive oxygen species (ROS) efficiency is
the major bottleneck of photodynamic therapy (PDT). Herein, novel PDT‐based …