Advances in drug delivery-based therapeutic strategies for renal fibrosis treatment

S Huang, H Lu, J Chen, C Jiang, G Jiang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Renal fibrosis is the result of all chronic kidney diseases and is becoming a major global
health hazard. Currently, traditional treatments for renal fibrosis are difficult to meet clinical …

Challenges for optical nanothermometry in biological environments

M Quintanilla, M Henriksen-Lacey… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Temperature monitoring is useful in medical diagnosis, and essential during hyperthermia
treatments to avoid undesired cytotoxic effects. Aiming to control heating doses, different …

Chemophototherapy: an emerging treatment option for solid tumors

D Luo, KA Carter, D Miranda, JF Lovell - Advanced Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Near infrared (NIR) light penetrates human tissues with limited depth, thereby providing a
method to safely deliver non‐ionizing radiation to well‐defined target tissue volumes. Light …

Cell membrane as a promising therapeutic target: From materials design to biomedical applications

X Wu, JJ Hu, J Yoon - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The cell membrane is a crucial component of cells, protecting their integrity and stability
while facilitating signal transduction and information exchange. Therefore, disrupting its …

The action of phytochemicals in biofilm control

ASC Gonçalves, MM Leitão, M Simões… - Natural product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2009 to 2021 Antimicrobial resistance is now rising to dangerously high levels in
all parts of the world, threatening the treatment of an ever-increasing range of infectious …

Photosensitiser-gold nanoparticle conjugates for photodynamic therapy of cancer

PG Calavia, G Bruce, L Pérez-García… - Photochemical & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been extensively studied within biomedicine due to their
biocompatibility and low toxicity. In particular, AuNPs have been widely used to deliver …

Analysis of Raman spectra by using deep learning methods in the identification of marine pathogens

S Yu, X Li, W Lu, H Li, YV Fu, F Liu - Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The need for efficient and accurate identification of pathogens in seafood and the
environment has become increasingly urgent, given the current global pandemic. Traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Global priority multidrug-resistant pathogens do not resist photodynamic therapy

CP Sabino, M Wainwright, MS Ribeiro… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial drug-resistance demands immediate implementation of novel therapeutic
strategies. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) combines the administration of a …

On-demand phototoxicity inhibition of sensitizers and H2S-triggered in-situ activation for precise therapy of colon cancer

M Wen, N Yu, Z Yi, P Qiu, C Tao, DK Macharia, M Zhu… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional photo/sonosensitizers act on foci and normal tissues with limited selectivity,
leading to severe skin and retina phototoxicity. Here we present a copper-hematoporphyrin …

Excited state and reactive oxygen species against cancer and pathogens: A review on sonodynamic and sono‐photodynamic therapy

M Wysocki, B Czarczynska‐Goslinska… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic and sonodynamic therapy are therapies having great potential in the
treatment of bacterial infections and cancer. Their background is associated with photo‐and …