Recent Progress in Metal-Based Nanoparticles Mediated Photodynamic Therapy

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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is able to non-invasively treat and diagnose various cancers and nonmalignant diseases by combining light, oxygen, and photosensitizers (PSs). However, the application of PDT is hindered by poor water solubility and limited light-penetration depth of the currently available photosensitizers (PSs). Water solubility of PSs is crucial for designing pharmaceutical formulation and administration routes. Wavelength of light source at visible range normally has therapeutic depth less than 1 mm. In this review, focus is on the recent research progress of metal-based nanoparticles being applied in PDT. The potential toxicity of these nanoscales and future directions are further discussed.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Molecules

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Molecules

Journal ID (publisher-id): molecules

Title: Molecules : A Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry

Publisher: MDPI

ISSN (Electronic): 1420-3049

Publication date (Electronic): 12 July 2018

Publication date Collection: July 2018

Volume: 23

Issue: 7

Electronic Location Identifier: 1704

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[1 ]College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China; sunjingyao5566@ 123456sina.com (J.S.); s_kormakov@ 123456bk.ru (S.K.); hy06@ 123456163.com (Y.H.)

[2 ]Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

[3 ]State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing 100029, China; liuying@ 123456mail.buct.edu.cn

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[* ]Correspondence: wudaming@ 123456vip.163.com (D.W.); yang.1140@ 123456osu.edu (Z.Y.)

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Jingyao Sun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0140-0212

Semen Kormakov https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1628-8793

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Publisher ID: molecules-23-01704

DOI: 10.3390/molecules23071704

PMC ID: 6099795

PubMed ID: 30002333

SO-VID: 269509d8-c14d-468c-9f82-8f6b6f428b0b

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Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Date received : 04 June 2018

Date accepted : 06 July 2018

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