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 advances of AIE light-up probes for photodynamic therapy

S Liu, G Feng, BZ Tang, B Liu - Chemical science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As a new non-invasive treatment method, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has attracted great
attention in biomedical applications. The advantages of possessing fluorescence for …

Biofilm microenvironment triggered self-enhancing photodynamic immunomodulatory microneedle for diabetic wound therapy

L Yang, D Zhang, W Li, H Lin, C Ding, Q Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The treatment of diabetic wounds faces enormous challenges due to complex wound
environments, such as infected biofilms, excessive inflammation, and impaired …

Potentiating hypoxic microenvironment for antibiotic activation by photodynamic therapy to combat bacterial biofilm infections

W **u, L Wan, K Yang, X Li, L Yuwen, H Dong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Traditional antibiotic treatment has limited efficacy for the drug-tolerant bacteria present in
biofilms because of their unique metabolic conditions in the biofilm infection …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated antibacterial oxidative therapies: available methods to generate ROS and a novel option proposal

S Alfei, GC Schito, AM Schito, G Zuccari - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens causes difficult-to-treat
infections with long-term hospitalizations and a high incidence of death, thus representing a …

How effective are metal nanotherapeutic platforms against bacterial infections? A comprehensive review of literature

Y Li, X **a, W Hou, H Lv, J Liu, X Li - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria has been deemed a global crisis that affects
humans worldwide. Novel anti-infection strategies are desperately needed because of the …

Photoresponsive materials for antibacterial applications

Y Ren, H Liu, X Liu, Y Zheng, Z Li, C Li… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2020 - cell.com
Recently, photoactivated sterilization, as a rapid, effective, and antibiotic-free antibacterial
method, has attracted increasing attention from researchers. Many outstanding …

Rejuvenated photodynamic therapy for bacterial infections

Q Jia, Q Song, P Li, W Huang - Advanced healthcare materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of multidrug resistant bacterial strains has hastened the exploration of
advanced microbicides and antibacterial techniques. Photodynamic antibacterial therapy …

Applications of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy against bacterial biofilms

SP Songca, Y Adjei - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and allied photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy
have shown remarkable activity against bacterial pathogens in both planktonic and biofilm …

Application of porphyrins in antibacterial photodynamic therapy

BM Amos-Tautua, SP Songca, OS Oluwafemi - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics are commonly used to control, treat, or prevent bacterial infections, however
bacterial resistance to all known classes of traditional antibiotics has greatly increased in the …