[HTML][HTML] Which cell death modality wins the contest for photodynamic therapy of cancer?

T Mishchenko, I Balalaeva, A Gorokhova… - Cell death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) was discovered more than 100 years ago. Since then, many
protocols and agents for PDT have been proposed for the treatment of several types of …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of phototherapy with immune checkpoint blockade: Theory and practice in cancer

Y Zhao, X Liu, X Liu, J Yu, X Bai, X Wu, X Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy has evolved as a revolutionized therapeutic
modality to eradicate tumor cells by releasing the brake of the antitumor immune response …

A first-in-class β-glucuronidase responsive conjugate for selective dual targeted and photodynamic therapy of bladder cancer

VF Otvagin, LV Krylova, NN Peskova… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this report, we present a novel prodrug strategy that can significantly improve the
efficiency and selectivity of combined therapy for bladder cancer. Our approach involved the …

Broadly Applicable Bispecific Linker Approach to Noncovalently Target Therapeutic Nanoparticles to Tumor Cells Expressing Carcinoembryonic Antigen

A Fernando, A Sparkes, EI Matus, A Patel… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Design strategies that lead to a more focused in vivo delivery of functionalized nanoparticles
(NPs) and their cargo can potentially maximize their therapeutic efficiency while reducing …

[HTML][HTML] Expected role of photodynamic therapy to relieve skin damage in nuclear or radiological emergency

K Moloudi, S Azariasl, H Abrahamse, BP George… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nuclear and radiological accidents can occur due to poor management, in transportation,
radiation therapy and nuclear wards in hospitals, leading to extreme radiation exposure and …

Photodynamic priming modulates cellular ATP levels to overcome P‐glycoprotein‐mediated drug efflux in chemoresistant triple‐negative breast cancer

I Rahman, B Liang, A Sajid… - Photochemistry and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract P‐glycoprotein (P‐gp, ABCB1) is a well‐researched ATP‐binding cassette (ABC)
drug efflux transporter linked to the development of cancer multidrug resistance (MDR) …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative light sources for phototherapy

G Romano, G Insero, SN Marrugat, F Fusi - Biomolecular Concepts, 2022 - degruyter.com
The use of light for therapeutic purposes dates back to ancient Egypt, where the sun itself
was an innovative source, probably used for the first time to heal skin diseases. Since then …

Chemopreventive and Anticancer Role of Resveratrol against non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC): Focusing on cellular and molecular mechanisms and biochemistry

MY Zamanian, T Shahbazi, HS AL-Ghamdi… - Authorea …, 2024 - advance.sagepub.com
Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) encompasses various skin malignancies, primarily
basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Extended exposure to …

[PDF][PDF] Asian Journal of Physics

K Svanberg, S Svanberg - asianjournalofphysics.com
Scattering, fluctuations and turbulence are very common physical phenomena encountered
in optics, and frequently carry a negative connotation. Certainly, image blurring and …

[HTML][HTML] A Monte Carlo simulation for moving light source in intracavity PDT

E Parilov, K Beeson, M Potasek, T Zhu… - Proceedings of SPIE …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We developed a simulation method for modeling the light fluence delivery in intracavity
Photodynamic Therapy (icav-PDT) for pleural lung cancer using a moving light source. Due …