Photosensitizing Agents

Known as: Agents, Photosensitizing, Photosensitizing Agent, Photosensitizers 
Drugs that are pharmacologically inactive but when exposed to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight are converted to their active metabolite to produce a… (More)
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2016
Review
2016
Reactive oxygen species generating systems meeting challenges of photodynamic cancer therapy.
The reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated mechanism is the major cause underlying the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT… (More)
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2013
Highly Cited
2013
Photosensitizer-loaded gold vesicles with strong plasmonic coupling effect for imaging-guided photothermal/photodynamic therapy.
A multifunctional theranostic platform based on photosensitizer-loaded plasmonic vesicular assemblies of gold nanoparticles (GNPs… (More)
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2011
Review
2011
Photodynamic therapy of cancer: an update.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved, minimally invasive therapeutic procedure that can exert a selective… (More)
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2010
Review
2010
Activatable photosensitizers for imaging and therapy.
2. Activatable Photosensitizer Design Considerations 2842 2.1. Activation Strategy 2842 2.2. Photosensitizer Selection 2844 2.3… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
A genetically encoded photosensitizer
Photosensitizers are chromophores that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon light irradiation. They are used for… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Photodynamic therapy: a new antimicrobial approach to infectious disease?
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) employs a non-toxic dye, termed a photosensitizer (PS), and low intensity visible light which, in the… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Ceramic-based nanoparticles entrapping water-insoluble photosensitizing anticancer drugs: a novel drug-carrier system for photodynamic therapy.
A novel nanoparticle-based drug carrier for photodynamic therapy is reported which can provide stable aqueous dispersion of… (More)
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Review
2002
Review
2002
State of the art in the delivery of photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.
In photodynamic therapy, one of the problems limiting the use of many photosensitizers (PS) is the difficulty in preparing… (More)
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1998
Review
1998
Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT).
Whereas the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer has recently shown rapid clinical acceptance, photodynamic antimicrobial… (More)
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1992
Review
1992
Endogenous protoporphyrin IX, a clinically useful photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy.
The tissue photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) is an immediate precursor of heme in the biosynthetic pathway for heme. In… (More)
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