Recent progress in photosensitizers for overcoming the challenges of photodynamic therapy: from molecular design to application

X Zhao, J Liu, J Fan, H Chao, X Peng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a therapeutic mode involving light triggering, has been
recognized as an attractive oncotherapy treatment. However, nonnegligible challenges …

Nanocarriers-mediated drug delivery systems for anticancer agents: an overview and perspectives

Z Edis, J Wang, MK Waqas, M Ijaz… - International journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Nanotechnology has been actively integrated as drug carriers over the last few years to treat
various cancers. The main hurdle in the clinical management of cancer is the development …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in drug delivery

C Li, J Wang, Y Wang, H Gao, G Wei, Y Huang… - … pharmaceutica sinica B, 2019 - Elsevier
Drug delivery systems (DDS) are defined as methods by which drugs are delivered to
desired tissues, organs, cells and subcellular organs for drug release and absorption …

Self-Assembled Copper–Amino Acid Nanoparticles for in Situ Glutathione “AND” H2O2 Sequentially Triggered Chemodynamic Therapy

B Ma, S Wang, F Liu, S Zhang, J Duan… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nanoformulations that can respond to the specific tumor microenvironment (TME), such as a
weakly acidic pH, low oxygen, and high glutathione (GSH), show promise for killing cancer …

A novel top‐down synthesis of ultrathin 2D boron nanosheets for multimodal imaging‐guided cancer therapy

X Ji, N Kong, J Wang, W Li, Y Xiao, ST Gan… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Single atom nonmetal 2D nanomaterials have shown considerable potential in cancer
nanomedicines, owing to their intriguing properties and biocompatibility. Herein, ultrathin …

Recent advances in near-infrared-II hollow nanoplatforms for photothermal-based cancer treatment

L Zhang, G Oudeng, F Wen, G Liao - Biomaterials Research, 2022 - spj.science.org
Abstract Near-infrared-II (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm) light-triggered photothermal therapy (PTT)
has been regarded as a promising candidate for cancer treatment, but PTT alone often fails …

Polymeric nanoparticles with ROS‐responsive prodrug and platinum nanozyme for enhanced chemophotodynamic therapy of colon cancer

Y Hao, Y Chen, X He, Y Yu, R Han, Y Li… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The combination of chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy (PDT) has promising potential
in the synergistic treatment of cancer. However, chemotherapy and photodynamic …

Smart nanovesicle-mediated immunogenic cell death through tumor microenvironment modulation for effective photodynamic immunotherapy

W Yang, F Zhang, H Deng, L Lin, S Wang, F Kang… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Combination therapy that could better balance immune activation and suppressive signals
holds great potential in cancer immunotherapy. Herein, we serendipitously found that the pH …

Carrier-free nanomedicines for cancer treatment

LH Liu, XZ Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The last decade witnessed the great advances in the development of nanomedicines. As a
kind of attractive nanomedicine, carrier-free nanomedicines received extensive …

[HTML][HTML] Ferroptosis promotes photodynamic therapy: supramolecular photosensitizer-inducer nanodrug for enhanced cancer treatment

T Zhu, L Shi, C Yu, Y Dong, F Qiu, L Shen, Q Qian… - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The noninvasive nature of photodynamic therapy (PDT) enables the preservation of organ
function in cancer patients. However, PDT is impeded by hypoxia in the tumor …