Photodynamic therapy: Innovative approaches for antibacterial and anticancer treatments

M Kolarikova, B Hosikova, H Dilenko… - Medicinal Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …

Recent progress in targeted delivery vectors based on biomimetic nanoparticles

L Chen, W Hong, W Ren, T Xu, Z Qian… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past decades, great interest has been given to biomimetic nanoparticles (BNPs)
since the rise of targeted drug delivery systems and biomimetic nanotechnology. Biological …

Nanoparticle-based medicines in clinical cancer therapy

S Wang, K Cheng, K Chen, C Xu, P Ma, G Dang… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Anti-cancer drugs with various mechanisms emerge in succession, but most of free
therapeutics are accompanied by some disadvantages, such as poor safety and …

Viral nanoparticles for drug delivery, imaging, immunotherapy, and theranostic applications

YH Chung, H Cai, NF Steinmetz - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Viral nanoparticles (VNPs) encompass a diverse array of naturally occurring nanomaterials
derived from plant viruses, bacteriophages, and mammalian viruses. The application and …

Review of a new bone tumor therapy strategy based on bifunctional biomaterials

J Liao, R Han, Y Wu, Z Qian - Bone research, 2021 - nature.com
Bone tumors, especially those in osteosarcoma, usually occur in adolescents. The standard
clinical treatment includes chemotherapy, surgical therapy, and radiation therapy …

A Mn (III)-sealed metal–organic framework nanosystem for redox-unlocked tumor theranostics

SS Wan, Q Cheng, X Zeng, XZ Zhang - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Here, a Mn (III)-sealed metal–organic framework (MOF) nanosystem based on coordination
between Mn (III) and porphyrin (TCPP) via a one-pot method was designed and constructed …

Metal− organic frameworks nucleated by silk fibroin and modified with tumor‐targeting peptides for targeted multimodal cancer therapy

Y Chen, R Lyu, J Wang, Q Cheng, Y Yu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multimodal therapy requires effective drug carriers that can deliver multiple drugs to specific
locations in a controlled manner. Here, the study presents a novel nanoplatform constructed …

Sonodynamic therapy-derived multimodal synergistic cancer therapy

M Xu, L Zhou, L Zheng, Q Zhou, K Liu, Y Mao, S Song - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) represents a promising modality that provides the possibility of
non-invasively eliminating solid tumors in a site-directed manner. In light of the complexity …

Nanomaterial-based tumor photothermal immunotherapy

P Xu, F Liang - International journal of nanomedicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, photothermal therapy (PTT) particularly nanomaterial-based PTT is a
promising therapeutic modality and technique for cancer tumor ablation. In addition to killing …

Recent advances in the development of near-infrared organic photothermal agents

L Li, X Han, M Wang, C Li, T Jia, X Zhao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, near-infrared (NIR) absorbing photothermal therapy (PTT) agents, which
usually apply for deep-tissue cancer treatment, has gained increasing attention due to deep …