The fast-growing field of photo-driven theranostics based on aggregation-induced emission

Z Zhang, M Kang, H Tan, N Song, M Li, P **ao… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-driven theranostics, also known as phototheranostics, relying on the diverse excited-
state energy conversions of theranostic agents upon photoexcitation represents a significant …

Aggregation‐induced emission luminogens for in vivo molecular imaging and theranostics in cancer

P Cen, J Huang, C **, J Wang, Y Wei, H Zhang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is one of the most fatal diseases for decades. Aggregation‐induced emission
luminogens (AIEgens) have been recently used as molecular imaging or therapeutic agents …

Acceptor Planarization and Donor Rotation: A Facile Strategy for Realizing Synergistic Cancer Phototherapy via Type I PDT and PTT

L Feng, C Li, L Liu, Z Wang, Z Chen, J Yu, W Ji… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tumor hypoxia seriously impairs the therapeutic outcomes of type II photodynamic therapy
(PDT), which is highly dependent upon tissue oxygen concentration. Herein, a facile strategy …

Activatable type I photosensitizer with quenched photosensitization pre and post photodynamic therapy

J Tian, B Li, F Zhang, Z Yao, W Song… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The phototoxicity of photosensitizers (PSs) pre and post photodynamic therapy (PDT), and
the hypoxic tumor microenvironment are two major problems limiting the application of PDT …

Current advances in metal–organic frameworks for cancer nanodynamic therapies

Z Liu, Z Yan, Y Di, S Yang, Y Ning, Y Mao, Y Gao… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based nanodynamic therapies are attractive treatment
cancer strategies with excellent characteristics such as high selectivity, low toxicity and low …

Photodynamic and photothermal therapies for bacterial infection treatment

H Kim, YR Lee, H Jeong, J Lee, X Wu, H Li… - Smart …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteria can cause numerous infectious diseases and has been a major threat to human
humans. Although antibiotics have partially succeeded in treating bacteria, owing to …

Recent advances in type I organic photosensitizers for efficient photodynamic therapy for overcoming tumor hypoxia

B Lu, L Wang, H Tang, D Cao - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with an oxygen-dependent character is a noninvasive
therapeutic method for cancer treatment. However, its clinical therapeutic effect is greatly …

Cationization to boost both type I and type II ROS generation for photodynamic therapy

Y Yu, S Wu, L Zhang, S Xu, C Dai, S Gan, G **e… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The pursuing of photosensitizers (PSs) with efficient reactive oxygen species (ROS)
especially type I ROS generation in aggregate is always in high demand for photodynamic …

Aggregation-induced emission photosensitizer-based photodynamic therapy in cancer: from chemical to clinical

Z Meng, H Xue, T Wang, B Chen, X Dong… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Cancer remains a serious threat to human health owing to the lack of effective treatments.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a promising non-invasive cancer treatment …

Selenium‐containing type‐I organic photosensitizers with dual reactive oxygen species of superoxide and hydroxyl radicals as switch‐hitter for photodynamic therapy

H Wang, T Qin, W Wang, X Zhou, F Lin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organic type‐I photosensitizers (PSs) which produce aggressive reactive oxygen species
(ROS) with less oxygen‐dependent exhibit attractive curative effect for photodynamic …