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Near-infrared BODIPY photosensitizers for two-photon excited singlet oxygen generation and tumor cell photodynamic therapy

Ruibo Liu and Ying Qian

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22, 5569
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A planar electronic acceptor motif contributing to NIR-II AIEgen with combined imaging and therapeutic applications

Ming Chen, Zhijun Zhang, Runfeng Lin, Junkai Liu, Meizhu Xie, Xiang He, Canze Zheng, Miaomiao Kang, Xue Li, Hai-Tao Feng, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Dong Wang and Ben Zhong Tang

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 6777
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Mn-Doped Nano-Hydroxyapatites as Theranostic Agents with Tumor pH-Amplified MRI-Signal Capabilities for Guiding Photothermal Therapy

Chengyu Li, Ziyou Ding and Yingchao Han

IJN, 2023, Volume 18, 6101
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BODIPY: synthesis, modification, and applications in sensing and biomedicine

D. V. Spector, D. S. Abramchuk, V. V. Bykusov, A. O. Zharova, E. S. Egorova, A. S. Voskresenskaya, A. R. Olovyanishnikov, I. A. Kuzmichev, A. A. Bubley, R. L. Antipin, E. K. Beloglazkina and O. O. Krasnovskaya

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Green Light Activated Dual‐Action Pt(IV) Prodrug with Enhanced PDT Activity

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Advances in Near-Infrared BODIPY Photosensitizers: Design Strategies and Applications in Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy

Dorota Bartusik-Aebisher, Kacper Rogóż, Gabriela Henrykowska and David Aebisher

Pharmaceuticals, 2025, 19, 53
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Recent advances in organelle-targeted organic photosensitizers for efficient photodynamic therapy

Musa Dirak, Cansu M. Yenici and Safacan Kolemen

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 506, 215710
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Rational design of photofunctional dyes BODIPYs/aza-BODIPYs and applications for photocatalysis, photoelectric conversion and thermochromic materials

Dongxiang Zhang, Linxuan Liu, Xin Zhang, Jie Lu and Xin-Dong Jiang

Resources Chemicals and Materials, 2024, 3, 103
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Design and synthesis of dual functional NBD-fluorophore-incorporated naphthalene diimide derivatives as G-quadruplex ligands

Xinhang Zhang, Yashu Li, Yuchen Chen, Ziqi Liu, Zijin Li, Ziyin Wang, Yu Wang and Mingzhe Liu

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2024, 111, 129903
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Cervical cancer imaging with organic small molecule NIR fluorophores: Design strategies and biomedical applications

Pachaiyappan Murugan, Fang Yang, Loganathan Praburaman, Vijayapoopathi Singaravel, Meivelu Moovendhan, Chitrarasu Manikandan and Shi-Yong Liu

Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2026, 45, 100813
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Photosensitizer with near-infrared emission employing lysosome as therapeutic target for cancer cell ablation

Bo Lin, Chunxia Liu, Kunyi Zhao, Wenjing Lu, Huan Liu, Chuan Dong and Li Fan

Dyes and Pigments, 2026, 247, 113505
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Near-infrared boron–dipyrrin (BODIPY) nanomaterials: Molecular design and anti-tumor therapeutics

Yaojun Li, Minling Jiang, Miaomiao Yan, Jingtao Ye, Yang Li, Wim Dehaen and Shouchun Yin

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 506, 215718
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INPIC-4F Nonfullerene Acceptor Nanoparticles for Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Photothermal and Photodynamic Cancer Therapy

Xiaorong Gong, Lingling Tan, Qunfeng Zhang, Liyan Xiao, Suqin Quan, Hongjian Dong, Yanhong Peng and Wenjie Liu

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2024, 7, 21296
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Discovery of bioactive polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinol from Hypericum patulum that protects against hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury

Bo Tao, Xiangli Zhao, Zhengyi Shi, Jie Li, Yulin Duan, Xiaosheng Tan, Gang Chen, Changxing Qi and Yonghui Zhang

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines, 2025, 23, 1104
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Photodynamic Therapy: From the Basics to the Current Progress of N-Heterocyclic-Bearing Dyes as Effective Photosensitizers

Eurico Lima and Lucinda V. Reis

Molecules, 2023, 28, 5092
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Precision nanomedicine: navigating the tumor microenvironment for enhanced cancer immunotherapy and targeted drug delivery

Hussein Sabit, Timothy M. Pawlik, Faisal Radwan, Mohamed Abdel-Hakeem, Shaimaa Abdel-Ghany, Al-Hassan Soliman Wadan, Mokhtar Elzawahri, Ahmed El-Hashash and Borros Arneth

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