Mito‐bomb: targeting mitochondria for cancer therapy

X Guo, N Yang, W Ji, H Zhang, X Dong… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer has been one of the most common life‐threatening diseases for a long time.
Traditional cancer therapies such as surgery, chemotherapy (CT), and radiotherapy (RT) …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: Latest developments with a focus on combinatory strategies

R Youf, M Müller, A Balasini, F Thétiot, M Müller… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has become a fundamental tool in modern
therapeutics, notably due to the expanding versatility of photosensitizers (PSs) and the …

[HTML][HTML] Fullerene C60 derivatives as antimicrobial photodynamic agents

DA Heredia, AM Durantini, JE Durantini… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Functionalized fullerenes have shown interesting biomedical applications as potential
phototherapeutic agents. The hydrophobic carbon sphere of fullerene C 60 can be …

Advancements and future directions in the antibacterial wound dressings–A review

A Bal‐Öztürk, B Özkahraman, Z Özbaş… - … Research Part B …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wound repair is a complex process that has not been entirely understood. It can conclude in
several irregularities. Hence, designing an appropriate wound dressing that can accelerate …

EGFR-targeted photodynamic therapy

L Ulfo, PE Costantini, M Di Giosia, A Danielli… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays a pivotal role in the proliferation and
metastatization of cancer cells. Aberrancies in the expression and activation of EGFR are …

Activatable supramolecular photosensitizers: advanced design strategies

M Yang, X Li, J Yoon - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Activatable photosensitizers (aPSs) are a new, switchable smart photosensitizer (PS) that
can enhance photodynamic therapy (PDT) specificity and efficiency. aPSs are inert in …

Application of fullerenes as photosensitizers for antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation: a review

W Hou, G Shi, S Wu, J Mo, L Shen, X Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (aPDI) is a newly emerged treatment approach that
can effectively address the issue of multidrug resistance resulting from the overuse of …

Amphiphilic Fullerene‐BODIPY Photosensitizers for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy

EÖ Gündüz, ME Gedik, G Günaydın… - ChemMedChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotheranostic tailor‐made carriers are potent platforms for the treatment of cancer that
propound a number of advantages over conventional agents for photodynamic therapy …

pH-Activatable singlet oxygen-generating boron-dipyrromethenes (BODIPYs) for photodynamic therapy and bioimaging

S Radunz, S Wedepohl, M Röhr… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Singlet oxygen can severely damage biological tissue, which is exploited in photodynamic
therapy (PDT). In PDT, the effective range is limited by the distribution of the photosensitizer …

Supramolecular control of singlet oxygen generation

A Kashyap, E Ramasamy, V Ramalingam… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Singlet oxygen (1O2) is the excited state electronic isomer and a reactive form of molecular
oxygen, which is most efficiently produced through the photosensitized excitation of ambient …