Overcoming the Achilles' heel of photodynamic therapy

W Fan, P Huang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied to treat a wide range of medical conditions,
including wet age-related macular degeneration psoriasis, atherosclerosis, viral infection …

Recent advances in functional nanomaterials for light–triggered cancer therapy

S Gai, G Yang, P Yang, F He, J Lin, D **, B **ng - Nano today, 2018 - Elsevier
Photo–triggered therapeutic modalities for cancer have attracted enormous attention in
recent years due to the easily focused and tuned properties of irradiation light that enable …

Tumor-associated-macrophage-membrane-coated nanoparticles for improved photodynamic immunotherapy

C Chen, M Song, Y Du, Y Yu, C Li, Y Han, F Yan… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cell-membrane-coated nanoparticles have emerged as a promising antitumor therapeutic
strategy. However, the immunologic mechanism remains elusive, and there are still crucial …

Light technology for efficient and effective photodynamic therapy: A critical review

JF Algorri, M Ochoa, P Roldan-Varona… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment for cancerous
tumours in which light technologies play a crucial role. An attempt to answer a long-standing …

The coming of age of neodymium: redefining its role in rare earth doped nanoparticles

M Matulionyte, A Skripka, A Ramos-Guerra… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Among luminescent nanostructures actively investigated in the last couple of decades, rare
earth (RE3+) doped nanoparticles (RENPs) are some of the most reported family of …

Lanthanide nanoparticles: from design toward bioimaging and therapy

H Dong, SR Du, XY Zheng, GM Lyu, LD Sun… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Lanthanides refer to the 15 elements located at the sixth period and IIIB group in the periodic
table, ranging from lanthanum to lutetium, with the electronic configuration of [Xe] 4f n–1 5d …

Tumor Microenvironment‐Responsive Mesoporous MnO2‐Coated Upconversion Nanoplatform for Self‐Enhanced Tumor Theranostics

J Xu, W Han, P Yang, T Jia, S Dong, H Bi… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The insufficient blood flow and oxygen supply in solid tumor cause hypoxia, which leads to
low sensitivity of tumorous cells and thus causing poor treatment outcome. Here …

Highly emissive dye-sensitized upconversion nanostructure for dual-photosensitizer photodynamic therapy and bioimaging

J Xu, P Yang, M Sun, H Bi, B Liu, D Yang, S Gai, F He… - Acs Nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Rare-earth-based upconversion nanotechnology has recently shown great promise for
photodynamic therapy (PDT). However, the NIR-induced PDT is greatly restricted by …

Recent progress in near infrared light triggered photodynamic therapy

K Deng, C Li, S Huang, B **ng, D **, Q Zeng, Z Hou… - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, photodynamic therapy (PDT) is under the research spotlight as an appealing
modality for various malignant tumors. Compared with conventional PDT treatment activated …

808‐nm‐Light‐excited lanthanide‐doped nanoparticles: Rational design, luminescence control and theranostic applications

B Liu, C Li, P Yang, Z Hou, J Lin - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
808 nm‐light‐excited lanthanide (Ln3+)‐doped nanoparticles (LnNPs) hold great promise
for a wide range of applications, including bioimaging diagnosis and anticancer therapy …