Carbon dots in bioimaging, biosensing and therapeutics: a comprehensive review

B Wang, H Cai, GIN Waterhouse, X Qu, B Yang… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon dots (CDs), comprising crystalline graphitized carbon cores and polymer surface
groups, are currently attracting a lot of interest in biological fields owing to their fluorescent …

BODIPY as a Multifunctional Theranostic Reagent in Biomedicine: Self‐Assembly, Properties, and Applications

HB Cheng, X Cao, S Zhang, K Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The use of boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) in biomedicine is reviewed. To open, its
synthesis and regulatory strategies are summarized, and inspiring cutting‐edge work in post …

Supramolecular photosensitizer enables oxygen-independent generation of hydroxyl radicals for photodynamic therapy

KX Teng, LY Niu, QZ Yang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The highly oxygen-dependent nature of photodynamic therapy (PDT) limits its therapeutic
efficacy against hypoxic solid tumors in clinics, which is an urgent problem to be solved …

Piezotronic Effect-Augmented Cu2–xO–BaTiO3 Sonosensitizers for Multifunctional Cancer Dynamic Therapy

Y Zhao, S Wang, Y Ding, Z Zhang, T Huang, Y Zhang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ultrasound (US)-triggered sonodynamic therapy (SDT) based on semiconductor
nanomaterials has attracted considerable attention for cancer therapy. However, most …

Manganese‐based tumor immunotherapy

K Zhang, C Qi, K Cai - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As an essential micronutrient, manganese (Mn) participates in various physiological
processes and plays important roles in host immune system, hematopoiesis, endocrine …

From Low to No O2-Dependent Hypoxia Photodynamic Therapy (hPDT): A New Perspective

M Li, Y Xu, X Peng, JS Kim - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The advent of photochemical techniques has revolutionized the landscape of
biology and medical sciences. Especially appealing in this context is photodynamic therapy …

Biodegradable NIR‐II Pseudo Conjugate Polymeric Nanoparticles Amplify Photodynamic Immunotherapy via Alleviation of Tumor Hypoxia and Tumor‐Associated …

J Wan, X Zhang, D Tang, T Liu, H **ao - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has achieved great success in cancer treatment. Despite its
great promise, the efficacy of photodynamic immunotherapy can be limited by the hypoxia in …

An Activatable Phototheranostic Probe for Anti‐hypoxic Type I Photodynamic‐and Immuno‐Therapy of Cancer

M Zhao, Y Zhang, J Miao, H Zhou, Y Jiang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which utilizes type I photoreactions, has great potential as an
effective cancer treatment because of its hypoxia‐tolerant superiority over the commonly …

Emerging strategies in stimuli-responsive prodrug nanosystems for cancer therapy

C Ding, C Chen, X Zeng, H Chen, Y Zhao - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Prodrugs are chemically modified drug molecules that are inactive before administration.
After administration, they are converted in situ to parent drugs and induce the mechanism of …

Conferring BiVO4 Nanorods with Oxygen Vacancies to Realize Enhanced Sonodynamic Cancer Therapy

Z Yang, M Yuan, B Liu, W Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to the high depth of tissue penetration, non‐invasiveness, and controllability,
ultrasound (US)‐mediated sonodynamic therapy (SDT) has shown broad application …