The potentials of methylene blue as an anti-aging drug

H Xue, A Thaivalappil, K Cao - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Methylene blue (MB), as the first fully man-made medicine, has a wide range of clinical
applications. Apart from its well-known applications in surgical staining, malaria, and …

[HTML][HTML] The application of photodynamic inactivation to microorganisms in food

S Zhu, Y Song, J Pei, F Xue, X Cui, X Xiong, C Li - Food Chemistry: X, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, food safety issues have drawn increased attention due to the continual
occurrence of infectious diseases caused by foodborne pathogens, which is an important …

“Closed-Loop” O2-Economizer Induced In Situ Therapeutic Vaccine against Hypoxic Tumors

Y Zhao, M Zhang, B Lv, G Xue, H Jiang, G Chen… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Therapeutic tumor vaccines, which use tumor antigens to stimulate a cancer patient's
immune system to eventually kill the tumor tissues, have emerged as one of the most …

Nanocomposite scaffolds for monitoring of drug diffusion in three-dimensional cell environments by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

J Plou, B Molina-Martínez, C García-Astrain… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Monitoring dynamic processes in complex cellular environments requires the integration of
uniformly distributed detectors within such three-dimensional (3D) networks, to an extent that …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial phyto-photodynamic activity inducing by polyphenol-supported Methylene Blue co-loaded into multifunctional bilosomes: Advanced hybrid …

E Waglewska, I Maliszewska, U Bazylińska - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Widespread skin infections caused primarily by bacteria and yeast, pose a growing threat to
healthcare systems. Phyto-photodynamic antimicrobial therapy is a promising treatment …

Self-reported and self-facilitated theranostic oxygen nano-economizer for precise and hypoxia alleviation-potentiated photodynamic therapy

S Li, F Yang, Y Wang, L Jia, X Hou - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for cancer treatment by
virtue of singlet oxygen-induced oxidative damage to tumors. Nevertheless, the therapeutic …

Synergetic lethal energy depletion initiated by cancer cell membrane camouflaged nano-inhibitor for cancer therapy

F Dong, Q Jiang, L Li, T Liu, S Zuo, L Gao, M Fang… - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Mitochondrial bioenergy plays a vital role in the occurrence and development of cancer.
Although strategies to impede mitochondrial energy supply have been rapidly developed …

Assessing Photosensitized Membrane Damage: Available Tools and Comprehensive Mechanisms

LG Rezende, TT Tasso, PHS Candido… - Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lipids are important targets of the photosensitized oxidation reactions, forming important
signaling molecules, disorganizing and permeabilizing membranes, and consequently …

BaTiO3@Au nanoheterostructure suppresses triple-negative breast cancer by persistently disrupting mitochondrial energy metabolism

Y Feng, J Wang, X Ning, A Li, Q You, W Su, D Wang… - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
Abnormal metabolism has become a potential target for highly malignant and invasive triple-
negative breast cancer (TNBC) due to its relatively low response to traditional therapeutics …

[HTML][HTML] The metabolic and toxic acute effects of phloretin in the rat liver

FSI Da Silva, PFV Bizerra, MS Mito… - Chemico-Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study sought to evaluate the acute effects of phloretin (PH) on metabolic
pathways involved in the maintenance of glycemia, specifically gluconeogenesis and …