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Anticancer Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy with Lung Cancer-Targeted Nanoparticles
Published on: December 1, 2016
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles in recent photodynamic therapy applications
Sumeyra Bayir1, Alexandre Barras2, Rabah Boukherroub2
1Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253, CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon 34095, Montpellier cedex 05, France. durand@umontpellier.fr and Department of Chemistry, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli 41400, Turkey.
Abstract:
In this review, the use of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy (PDT) applications is described for the year 2017. Since the pioneering work in 2009, nanosystems involving mesoporous silica nanoparticles have gained in complexity with a sophisticated core-shell system able to perform multi-imaging and multi-therapies, not only for cancer diseases but also for anti-microbial therapy, atherosclerosis, or Alzheimer disease. Near-infrared, excitation light based on up-converting systems, X-rays or persistent luminescent systems are described for deeper tissue treatments.
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