Heavy-atom-free BODIPY-based photodynamic therapy agents activated at long wavelengths
Jennifer Soler-Beatty, Edurne Avellanal Zaballa, Gonzalo Durán‐Sampedro, A. Fernandez, Antonia R. Agarrabeitia, Jorge Bañuelos, Ramón Martínez‐Máñez, María J. Ortiz
Abstract
Covalently linked BODIPY-based dimers through key 3 position are heavy-atom-free fluorescent sensitizers for photodynamic therapy enabling simultaneous cell killing and fluorescent staining upon illumination with red light.
Topics & Concepts
Photodynamic therapyBODIPYWavelengthAtom (system on chip)MedicinePhotochemistryChemistryMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsFluorescenceOpticsComputer sciencePhysicsOrganic chemistryEmbedded systemNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsPhotodynamic Therapy Research StudiesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry