O2-self-supplying and glutathione-depleting scaffold for synergistic cancer therapy by Jiajia Zeng, Chongxian He, Xinna Bai, Cijun Shuai, Hao Pan

“…Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has great potential for tumor therapy because of its non-invasive and high selectivity. …”
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Properties of new polycationic bacteriochlorin photosensitizers: cytotoxicity and interaction with biofilms by Irina Tiganova, Yulia Zhizhimova, Eteri Tolordava, Elena Makarova, Natalia Shevlyagina, Alexander Barmashov, Maria Baryshnikova, Vladimir Zhukhovitsky, Yulia Romanova

“…Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) is based on using of photosensitizers (PS), which generate reactive oxygen species when exposed to visible or infrared light. …”
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Self‐Boosting Programmable Release of Multiple Therapeutic Agents by Activatable Heterodimeric Prodrug‐Enzyme Assembly for Antitumor Therapy by Shanshan Jiang, Bhaskar Gurram, Junfei Zhu, Shan Lei, Yifan Zhang, Ting He, Oya Tagit, Hui Fang, Peng Huang, Jing Lin

“…Thereupon, the enzymatic activity of GOx is recovered; ii) GOx‐triggered pH reduction further facilitates the dissociation of NTP@GOx, thus accelerating a large amount of NTP and GOx release; iii) The TK linker of prodrug NTP is cleaved by hydrogen peroxide generated by GOx catalysis, thus expediting the release of NBS for Type‐I photodynamic therapy and PTX for chemotherapy, respectively. …”
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Biomimetic Targeted Co‐Delivery System Engineered from Genomic Insights for Precision Treatment of Osteosarcoma by Tianqi Luo, Zhijin Fan, Anyu Zeng, Anqi Wang, Yuanwei Pan, Yanyang Xu, Hongmin Chen, Weiqing Chen, Dingmeng Nie, Jiaming Lin, Anfei Huang, Ming Gong, Yufeng Huang, Yun Ding, Xiaojun Zhu, Lang Rao, Jin Wang

“…This targeted biomimetic co‐delivery system possesses several key features: 1) it can precisely target osteosarcoma with high B7H3 expression; 2) the combination of CDK4/6 inhibitors and PARP inhibitors exhibits synergistic effects, significantly impairing tumor's DNA repair capacity; and 3) the system has the potential for combination with photodynamic therapy, amplifying DNA repair defects to maximize tumor cell eradication. …”
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Conversion therapy strategy: A novel GPC3-targeted multimodal organic phototheranostics platform for mid-late-stage hepatocellular carcinoma by Fan Wu, Xin Kuang, Sanlin Deng, Shuo Qi, Jian Xiong, Bibo Zhao, Chuanfu Li, Senyou Tan, Qiang Kang, Hao Xiao, Xiaofeng Tan, Gui-long Wu, Qinglai Yang, Guodong Chen

“…In this study, we developed a fluorescence/magnetic resonance dual-modality imaging (FLI/MRI) as well as photothermal/photodynamic therapy (PTT/PDT) GPC3-targeted multifunctional phototheranostics probe, IR820-GPC3-Gd NPs (IGD NPs), to improve the efficiency of conversion therapy for HCC. …”
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MoS₂–Plasmonic Hybrid Platforms: Next-Generation Tools for Biological Applications by Nayra A. M. Moussa, Seungah Lee, Seong Ho Kang

“…MoS₂’s adjustable optical features, combined with the plasmon resonance of noble metals such as gold and silver, enhance signal amplification, enabling detailed imaging and selective photothermal or photodynamic therapies while minimizing effects on healthy tissue. …”
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