Combination of light and Ru (II) polypyridyl complexes: Recent advances in the development of new anticancer drugs

L Conti, E Macedi, C Giorgi, B Valtancoli… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing impact of cancer on worldwide mortality makes the research of novel
chemotherapeutic agents a current and challenging issue. In the recent years, transition …

BODIPY conjugates as functional compounds for medical diagnostics and treatment

E Antina, N Bumagina, Y Marfin, G Guseva, L Nikitina… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fluorescent dyes absorbing and emitting in the visible and near-IR regions are promising for
the development of fluorescent probes for labeling and bio-visualization of body cells. The …

Copper-doped carbon dots for optical bioimaging and photodynamic therapy

J Wang, M Xu, D Wang, Z Li, FL Primo… - Inorganic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots (CDs), as an effective bioimaging agent, have aroused widespread interest.
With the increasing number of CDs used in photodynamic therapy (PDT), develo** …

Mitochondria-targeted BODIPY dyes for small molecule recognition, bio-imaging and photodynamic therapy

S Wang, L Gai, Y Chen, X Ji, H Lu, Z Guo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Mitochondria are essential for a diverse array of biological functions. There is increasing
research focus on develo** efficient tools for mitochondria-targeted detection and …

[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy regulates fate of cancer stem cells through reactive oxygen species

ZJ Zhang, KP Wang, JG Mo, L **ong… - World Journal of Stem …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an effective and promising cancer treatment. PDT directly
generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) through photochemical reactions. This oxygen …

The main strategies for tuning BODIPY fluorophores into photosensitizers

J Wang, Q Gong, L Wang, E Hao… - Journal of Porphyrins and …, 2020 - World Scientific
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive technique for the treatment of target
malignant tumors via the generation of highly reactive singlet oxygen species. PDT …

BODIPY-attached zinc (II) complexes of curcumin drug for visible light assisted photo-sensitization, cellular imaging and targeted PDT

A Bhattacharyya, A Jameei, AA Karande… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) based photosensitizers as porphyrinoids and curcumin as
natural product possess exciting photophysical features suitable for theranostic applications …

Ph-responsive pluronic F127–lenvatinib-encapsulated halogenated boron-dipyrromethene nanoparticles for combined photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy of …

J Zong, H Peng, X Qing, Z Fan, W Xu, X Du, R Shi… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Combination therapy such as photodynamic therapy (PDT)-enhanced chemotherapy is
regarded as a promising strategy for cancer treatment. Boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY), as …

Oxoplatin-B, a cisplatin-based platinum (IV) complex with photoactive BODIPY for mitochondria specific “chemo-PDT” activity

A Bera, S Gautam, MK Raza, P Kondaiah… - Journal of inorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oxoplatin-B, a platinum (IV) complex [Pt (NH 3) 2 Cl 2 (L 1)(OH)](1) of 4-methylbenzoic acid
(HL 1) functionalized with 4, 4-difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) was …

Diplatinum (II) catecholate of photoactive boron-dipyrromethene for lysosome-targeted photodynamic therapy in red light

V Ramu, S Gautam, P Kondaiah… - Inorganic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The binuclear platinum (II) boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) complex [{Pt (dach)} 2 (μ-
Dcrb)](DP), where dach is 1, 2-diaminocyclohexane and H4Dcrb is a morpholine …