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A novel zinc phthalocyanine-indometacin photosensitizer with “Three-in-one” cyclooxygenase-2-driven dual targeting and aggregation inhibition for high-efficient anticancer therapy
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Redox-Triggered Activation of Heavy-Atom-Free Photosensitizer and Implications in Targeted Photodynamic Therapy
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Regulating 1O2 generation from heavy-atom-free triplet photosensitizers based on thiophene-fused BODIPY
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Recent developments of BODIPY-based colorimetric and fluorescent probes for the detection of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species and cancer diagnosis
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Strategy to Efficient Photodynamic Therapy for Antibacterium: Donor‐Acceptor Structure in Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework
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Cationic BODIPY Photosensitizers for Mitochondrion-Targeted Fluorescence Cell-Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy
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The Orthogonal α‐meso‐Linked bisBODIPY Photosensitizers Demonstrate Effective Two‐Photon Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy
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Electronic tuning strategy in H2S-triggered fluorescence sensing and subsequent photodynamic therapy of colon cancer
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Two-Color Visualization of Cholesterol Fluctuation in Plasma Membranes by Spatial Distribution-Controllable Single Fluorescent Probes
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A Simple Route toward Next-Generation Thiobase-Based Photosensitizers for Cancer Theranostics
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Recent advances and clinical challenges of phototherapeutic nanoparticles in cancer monotherapy or combination therapy
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Synergism of rotary motor and twisted framework in NIR absorbing aza-BODIPY for photothermal-photodynamic therapy
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BODIPY‐Based Photodynamic Agents for Exclusively Generating Superoxide Radical over Singlet Oxygen
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Rational Modulation of BODIPY Photosensitizers to Design Metal–Organic Framework-Based NIR Nanocomposites for High-Efficiency Photodynamic Therapy in a Hypoxic Environment
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FOXO6, Stabilized by METTL3‐Mediated m6A Modification, Accelerates Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Progression by Transcriptional Activation of TXNIP
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Mitochondrial dysfunction-targeted nanosystems for precise tumor therapeutics
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Recent progress on photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy
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Recent Strategies to Develop Innovative Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy
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Self‐Assembly Induced Photosensitization of Long‐Tailed Heavy‐Atom‐Free BODIPY Derivatives for Photodynamic Therapy
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Optical Oxygen Sensing and Clark Electrode: Face-to-Face in a Biosensor Case Study
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4,4-Difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BDPI)-Triphenylphosphine Nanoparticles as a Photodynamic Antibacterial Agent
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Hypoxia-Responsive Thio-Perylene Diimides Delivered via pH-Responsive Polypeptide Nanoparticles: Toward a Combination of NIR Photothermal Therapy and Chemotherapy
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Heavy-Atom-Free Photosensitizers: From Molecular Design to Applications in the Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer
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A tricarbonyl rhenium(I) complex decorated with boron dipyrromethene for endoplasmic reticulum-targeted photodynamic therapy
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Efficient synthesis and properties of bis-benzothiophene[b]-fused BODIPY dyes via Pd(PPh3)2Cl2-catalyzed regioselective cyclization
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Synthesis of a Heavy-Atom-Free BODIPY and its Photooxygenation of 1-Naphthol to 1,4-Naphthoquinone
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Unveiling Mechanism of Organic Photogenerator for Hydroxyl Radicals Generation by Molecular Modulation
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A Unique Multifunctional Luminescent Probe for Self-Monitoring Photodynamic Therapy by Detecting H2S in Cancer Cells
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The control of chemical structures of dual-functioning photosensitizers as both therapeutic and imaging agents
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Recent advances in biomedical applications of organic fluorescence materials with reduced singlet–triplet energy gaps
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Photodynamic Therapy: From the Basics to the Current Progress of N-Heterocyclic-Bearing Dyes as Effective Photosensitizers
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Synthesis, and evaluation of photophysical properties of a potential DPP-derived photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy with D-A-D architecture
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Sulfamide-substituted-BODIPY based fluorescence drugs: Synthesis, spectral characteristics, molecular docking, and bioactivity
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Moderately Heavy Atom-Substituted BODIPY Photosensitizer with Mitochondrial Targeting Ability for Imaging-Guided Photodynamic Therapy
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Facile synthesis and biological evaluation of [a]-benzannulated BODIPY derivatives as novel heavy-atom-free photosensitizers for photodynamic anticancer therapy
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BODIPY-attached zinc(II) complexes of curcumin drug for visible light assisted photo-sensitization, cellular imaging and targeted PDT
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