Design strategies and applications of cyanine dyes in phototherapy
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An overview of cyanine dye-based phototherapy agents, including the design strategies, relationships between molecular structures and properties, as well as applications in photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, and multimodal combined therapy.
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The photoactivated PSs subsequently undergo Type I (electron transfer) and/or Type II (energy transfer to molecular oxygen) photochemical reactions, generating various highly cytotoxic ROS, including singlet oxygen (1O2), hydroxyl radicals (•OH), and superoxide anions (O2−•).
“The photoactivated PSs subsequently undergo Type I (electron transfer) and/or Type II (energy transfer to molecular oxygen) photochemical reactions, generating various highly cytotoxic ROS, including singlet oxygen (1O2), hydroxyl radicals (•OH), and superoxide anions (O2−•)225.”
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- Authors
- Yuan, J., Yang, H., Huang, W., Liu, S., Zhang, H., Zhang, X., & Peng, X.
- Affiliations
- Henan Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules and Drug Innovation (CN)
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecule and Drug Innovation, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, P. R. China
- Hunan University (CN)
- Shenzhen University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhang, Hua
- Zhang, Xiaobing
- Peng, Xiaojun
- Venue
- Chemical Society Reviews
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2025
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 341-366
- ISSN
- 0306-0012 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-4744
- OpenAlex
- W4404637314
- Cited by
- 143
- References
- 223
- Citations by year
- 2026: 91 · 2025: 52
- FWCI
- 5.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemical Society Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (U21A20314, 22304045, 22378100)
- Henan University (23IRTSTHN002)
- Henan Provincial Science and Technology Research Project (222102310413)
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022M721051)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
- Keywords
- cyanine dyes, phototherapy, structure-property relationships, optical properties, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, dye derivatives
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Carbocyanines, Coloring Agents, Fluorescent Dyes, Humans, Phototherapy
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